Age Quote by Minnie Maddern Fiske

Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

You must make your own blunders, must cheerfully accept your own mistakes as part of the scheme of things.

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Above all, ignore the audience.

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a black forest,…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow,…

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

— Minnie Maddern Fiske