Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsenwas a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth20 March 1828
CitySkien, Norway
CountryNorway
Henrik Ibsen quotes about
A woman cannot be herself in modern society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess female conduct from a male standpoint.
Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
Do not use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'
What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.
The greatest victory is defeat.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.