Concept Quote by Peter Brook

The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all they have…

— Peter Brook

Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece…

— Peter Brook

Never ask yourself what you have learned... only ask yourself what are the circumstances which are different from last year. In that way, you…

— Peter Brook

I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you…

— Peter Brook

Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding.

— Peter Brook

No act of government can save the world.

— Peter Brook

The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.

— Peter Brook

I have great respect for Brecht, but his path is not mine.

— Peter Brook

We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned,…

— Peter Brook

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

— Peter Brook

The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful.

— Peter Brook

Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.

— Peter Brook