Elements Quote by Paul Scofield

Shakespeare is the best writing ever. It's incredibly rich, dense, expressive language.

— Roger Allam

The tragedy of "Hamlet" is critically considered to be the masterpiece of dramatic poetry; and the tragedy of "Hamlet" is also, according to the…

— George Augustus Henry Sala

We tend to think of Hamlet as one of the wisest, most intellectually prodigious characters in all of literature. Which he is, but there's…

— Norah Vincent

“I remember the astonishment I felt when I first read Shakespeare. I expected to receive a powerful esthetic pleasure, but having read, one after…

— Leo Tolstoy

My favorite play is Hamlet. It was my first love when it comes to Shakespeare, and I've read it and seen it performed more…

— Ian Doescher

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

— Ben Kingsley

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

— Liam Neeson

I think Hamlet is a very funny play - Hamlet is riddled with wit.

— Chukwudi Iwuji

Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist.

— Sam Wanamaker

Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist.

— Ray Fearon

Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we then feel…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.

— Arthur Miller