...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
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… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
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
