457 Quotes About Shakespeare

The panoramic plethora of responses to Shakespeare by Western and Eastern critics is strongly indicative of the fact that the Bard crosses all nationalities and deserves to be called a global writer. That is why he iseasily appreciated, manipulated, translated, adapted, and interpreted by everyone, everywhere.

To be or not to be what exactly?

There is this quote that I read a long time ago. A quote that I loved and made me feel strong. It had stuck with me over the years, like so many of the other words by the author.And though she be but little, she be fierce.-ShakespeareI thought about that quote right now.I might be little. I might be easily intimidated, but I could be fierce. I was fierce.

There is a kind of gaping admiration that would fain roll Shakespeare and Bacon into one, to have a bigger thing to gape at; and a class of men who cannot edit one author without disparaging all others.

What a big question… To be or not to be? Of course it is better to be. Hmm. It sounds like a big question, but maybe it’s actually stupid.

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

My dear Keats go on, don't despair, collect incidents, study characters, read Shakespeare and trust in Providence.

...I know Shakespeare said art is holding up a mirror to nature- but you're actually bending and refracting it through your interior dialogue ...

...[T]he three greatest works are those of Homer, Dante and Shakespeare.These are closely followed by the works of Virgil and Milton.