Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsenwas a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth20 March 1828
CitySkien, Norway
CountryNorway
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.
The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.
A forest bird never wants a cage.
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.