In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes the life impulse of the play, its driving force, and is basic to all plot structures...In any true piece of art...the beginning and the end are, or should be, polar in principle. All the main qualities of the first section should transform themselves into their opposites in the last section.
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…
- 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… - 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…
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.
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…
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.
An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease. - Michael Chekhov
An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.
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.
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 …
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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