The State is the curse of the individual... The State must go! That will be a revolution which will find me on its side. Undermine the idea of the State, set up in its place spontaneous action, and the idea that spiritual relationship is the only thing that makes for unity, and you will start the elements of a liberty which will be something worth possessing.
Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself. - Henrik Ibsen
Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself.
- Henrik Ibsen
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug. - Henrik Ibsen
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
Each bird must sing with his own throat. - Henrik Ibsen
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave. - Henrik Ibsen
A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right. - Henrik Ibsen
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind - Henrik Ibsen
To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. - Henrik Ibsen
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
The old terms must be invented with new meaning and given new explanations. Liberty, equality, and fraternity are no longer what they were in the day… - Henrik Ibsen
The old terms must be invented with new meaning and given new explanations. Liberty, equality, and fraternity are no longer what they were in the day…
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul. - Henrik Ibsen
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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