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
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.
...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
The greatest victory is defeat.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
A forest bird never wants a cage.
To live is to war with trolls.
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.