Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic. Peter Brook More Quotes by Peter Brook More Quotes From Peter Brook That, for me, is the only real legacy: the idea that one has left a lingering trace in people's memories. In the end, that's all a director can hope to do. Peter Brook mehopememoriespeople When I was 18 or 19, my one ambition was to make a film. Peter Brook makefilmambition The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all they have to say. If the event has a future, this can only lie in the memories of those who were present and who retained a trace in their hearts. Peter Brook momentfuturememorieslife Any scene in Shakespeare can be vulgarised almost out of recognition with the wish to have a modern concept. Peter Brook outrecognitionmodernwish 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. Peter Brook beingdifficultpowerfuleasy Theatre is, occasionally, capable of moments of truth. Peter Brook capabletheatremomentstruth Through a shared aim, shared needs, shared love of a shared result in theatre, from the creation of space... the coming-together of an endlessly repeated climax of shared performance, again and again, something special can appear. Peter Brook resultaimspacelove As a young man, I experimented with everything. Peter Brook young-maneverythingmanyoung The thing that I have a horror of is ideological theatre - Shakespeare never told us how to think. Peter Brook neverthinkhorrortheatre
