People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will. — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a black forest,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow,… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
