Character Quote by Anonymous

Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

— Edward Norton

...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

— Anonymous

Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists.

— Yasmina Reza

We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,'…

— Emile Chartier

It is the destiny of the theater nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing.

— Hyman Taubman

The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished that in…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“When truth and virtue are so rare in almost every area of our society the world needs theatre and the theatre needs actors who…

— Melissa Bruder

Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither…

— Ayi Kwei Armah

Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are charmed by…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not for the…

— George Stillman Hillard