Being with the mainstream isn't very difficult - the tide is powerful, and it is easy to let it sweep us along with it. But going against the tide is very difficult. First of all, one must recognise very exactly… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all they have… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Never ask yourself what you have learned... only ask yourself what are the circumstances which are different from last year. In that way, you… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding. — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How. — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned,… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful. — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic. — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
