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

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

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

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

All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation.

- 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 …

- Michael Chekhov

You cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.

- Michael Chekhov

An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.

- 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…

- Michael Chekhov