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
A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth
In that second it dawned on me that I had been living here for eight years with a strange man and had borne him three children.
But, merciful God! People don't do such things!
What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
Do not use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'
The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.
A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.
Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness
I don't wish you anything but just what you are - my own sweet little song-bird.
I can see him. With vine leaves in his hair.
These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow