Brain Quote by Jane Austen

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

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man.

— Stephen Greenblatt

Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Whenever I play Shakespeare, I keep thinking, 'how did this Englishman know so much about me?'

— John Kani

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he…

— Condola Rashad

Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.

— Orlando Bloom

But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we start with…

— Stephen Greenblatt

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

— Samuel Barnett

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

— Martin Freeman

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

— Kelli O'Hara