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Quote by Oscar Wilde

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1900, was a renowned Irish writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their wit, satire, and unique style, with notable works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. more

“I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it I recognize the union and culmination of my own. To me it seems as if when God conceived the world, that was Poetry; He formed it, and that was Sculpture; He colored it, and that was Painting; He peopled it with living beings, and that was the grand, divine, eternal Drama.”

Ifs Thinking World Art Seems My Own Acting Divine Painting Drama Eternal Unions Reverence Sculpture Culmination

Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman

“Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it.”

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Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman

“The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown to the audience. This life is rich and revealing for the audience as well as for the actor himself.”

Should Wells Life Is Actors Imagination Acting Audience Rich Stage Resources Tiny This Life Revealing Inner Life

Author:Michael Chekhov

“All great art comes from a sense of outrage.”

Inspirational Art Acting Crafts Great Art Outrage Moral Outrage

Author:Glenn Close