As actors and actresses, we must rejoice in the possession of our physical faculties. We must experience joy in the use of our hands, arms, body etc. Without this appreciation and realization of the body and its many possibilities, we cannot perform as artists You should feel a flow of joy because you are alive. Your body will feel full of life. That is what you must give from the stage. Your life. No less. That is art: to give all you have. And what have you? Your life-nothing more. And to give life means to feel life throughout your whole being.
That is art: to give all you have. And what have you? Your life - nothing more. And to give life means to feel life throughout your whole being. - Michael Chekhov
That is art: to give all you have. And what have you? Your life - nothing more. And to give life means to feel life throughout your whole being.
- Michael Chekhov
I am a creative artist. I have the ability to radiate. Lifting my arms above me, I soar above the earth. Lowering my arms, I continue to soar. In the… - Michael Chekhov
I am a creative artist. I have the ability to radiate. Lifting my arms above me, I soar above the earth. Lowering my arms, I continue to soar. In the…
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 t… - Michael Chekhov
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 t…
This longing for knowledge makes the real artist brave. He never adheres to the first image that appears to him, because he knows that this is not ne… - Michael Chekhov
This longing for knowledge makes the real artist brave. He never adheres to the first image that appears to him, because he knows that this is not ne…
Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs … - Michael Chekhov
Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs …
You cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there. - Michael Chekhov
You cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.
All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation. - Michael Chekhov
All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation.
An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease. - Michael Chekhov
An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages when… we have the freedom to make the most of the best in all techniques… - Michael Chekhov
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages when… we have the freedom to make the most of the best in all techniques…
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