Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs the bonds of your personal limitations, and gives you deep access into the inner life of the character you study, without which you cannot properly prepare it for the stage


To the Actor (ed. Psychology Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780415258753

Michael Chekhov Quotes

Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs...

Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs...

Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs...

Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs...