63 Quotes by Peter Brook

I never had a paying job that was not in theatre.

Japanese children have infinitely more developed bodies than those in the West. From the age of two, a child learns to sit in a perfectly balanced manner; between two and three, the child begins to bow regularly, which is a wonderful exercise for the body.

I find, to my amazement, that I have reached the age of 90!

Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.

When I was 18 or 19, my one ambition was to make a film.

Any scene in Shakespeare can be vulgarised almost out of recognition with the wish to have a modern concept.

Being with the mainstream isn't very difficult - the tide is powerful, and it is easy to let it sweep us along with it. But going against the tide is very difficult. First of all, one must recognise very exactly what the tide is and where it is going.

Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth.

As a young man, I experimented with everything.