Peter Brook

“The search for what is essential is the starting point of all art.”

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.”

“A performance is a rehearsal. It's a rehearsal for the next performance.”

“The work of a director is the work of a pathfinder.”

“A play is a living event. It is not a literary event.”

“The theatre is the art of the present moment.”

“We are all links in a chain, and we have to do our best to help one another.”

“The more an actor is in the present moment, the more he is alive.”

“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”

“In the theatre, the audience completes the triangle. The other two sides are the actors and the text.”

“The human heart is the only thing that is truly universal.”

“The purpose of theatre is to make the invisible visible.”

“The director is the first audience.”

“The true artist is the one who is willing to take the risk.”

“A director must be a master of the art of listening.”

“The theatre is a place where we can go to be reminded of what it is to be human.”

“A good story is a good story, no matter where it comes from.”