Able Quote by Edward Bond

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

— Philip Kitcher

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition,

— Sharon Gless

Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will live that…

— Joseph Devlin

“As a human being, you are an autonomous (from the Greek, “self-ruling”) being. And”

— Fred Kofman

An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which…

— Steven Berkoff

Shakespeare would seem to have been a person for whom the human voice/personality in all its splendid idiosyncrasy was absolutely enthralling.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“They didn't understand, for we were Shakespeare, and they were mere actors in the play.”

— Cassandra Giovanni

To be human is to be in a story.

— Anonymous

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“because the Greeks existed among things and did not position the world in relation to themselves, they could not be subiectum. They did not…

— Barbara Bolt

Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.

— Kelli O'Hara

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of…

— Isabelle Huppert