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title: "3 Peter Brooks Quotes"
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# Peter Brooks

 **3** quotes in **12** categories

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Peter Stephen Paul Brook was an English theatre and film director. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of twentieth-century theatre, he has received various accolades, including two Tony Awards, the Praemium Imperiale, the Prix Italia and the Europe The

##  Quotes by Peter Brooks

> [We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-brooks/we-live-immersed-in-narrative-recounting-and-reassessing-the-meaning/)

Peter Brooks

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/peter-brooks-85870_action_we-live-immersed-in-narrative-recounting_174802.jpg)

> [“Wisdom not only comes with suffering: when it comes, it is radically unusable. (Brooks' comment on the Oedipus tragedy)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-brooks/wisdom-not-only-comes-with-suffering-when-it-comes-it-is-radically/)

Peter Brooks

[Suffering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/peter-brooks-85870_suffering_wisdom-not-only-comes-with-suffering-whe_416547.jpg)

> [“Woman, especially her sexuality, provides the object of endless commentary , description, supposition. But the result of all the telling only deepens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-brooks/woman-especially-her-sexuality-provides-the-object-of-endless/)

Peter Brooks

[Erotic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erotic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/peter-brooks-85870_erotic_woman-especially-her-sexuality-provides_1317819.jpg)

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