Peter Brook quotes

Peter Brook was an influential British theatre and film director, renowned for his innovative approach to stagecraft and storytelling. His work redefined modern theatre through bold reinterpretations of classics and groundbreaking experimental productions. He inspired generations of artists and transformed audiences’ experiences worldwide. Here are 5 of his quotes:

Reality' is a word with many meanings.

Peter Brook

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

Peter Brook

I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you go and look into one cauldron and you look into the other and you see what's coming to the boil.

Peter Brook

I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.

Peter Brook