Henrik Ibsen
Pioneer of modern realism in plays like A Doll's House, Ibsen provided quotable commentary on women's rights and societal constraints.
Quotes by Henrik Ibsen
The wife is the work of art created by the husband.
There is no more deadly calumny than that which is spread by the press.
My object is to introduce a new element into dramatic poetry.
The poet must be a seer, a prophet.
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
The most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom among us is the compact majority.
A lie is the most sacred thing on earth.
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
I am a Norwegian by birth, but I am a Scandinavian by conviction.
The soul grows by revolt and reaction.
One should never forbid anything to oneself.
The great task for literature is to make the reader see the world anew.
In my plays I want to portray the soul of man in its depths.
Happiness is the highest duty.
The public is a bad judge of art.
To write is to sit in judgment over oneself.
On the day of my birth, the sun rose at six o'clock, and I was born at half-past twelve.