First Quote by Oscar Isaac

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Martin Freeman

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

— Sharon Gless

“every psychic defence mechanism known to the modern psychologist makes its appearance somewhere in Shakespeare.”

— Theodore Dalrymple

In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of…

— Harold Bloom

The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read…

— Ryan North

Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.

— Ian Mckellen

I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much.

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Kelli O'Hara

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the next comedy.

— Mariette Hartley

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

— Rita Dove

Could Shakespeare give a theory of Shakespeare?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson