The history of our country knows many wonderful names of cultural figures. One of them is considered to be KS Stanislavsky, whose quotes are well known to many people in our country and abroad.
In this short article, we summarize the most famous expressions once uttered by this person.
Who is Stanislavsky?
Of course, this question in itself sounds rhetorical. Many people know about Stanislavsky. This is a famous Russian actor and director, the creator of the Moscow Art Theater and, most importantly, the creator of a special direction of the Russian theater school of sensual-psychological understanding of stage images.
Stanislavsky taught his actors not only to play roles, pronouncing certain words, but to sensually experience every word and every act of his character.
Therefore, to the question of who said "I do not believe", there is only one answer: "The great and wise KS Stanislavsky!"
A little about the most important thing
It turned out that the great director and teacher went down in the history of Russian culture with his amazing aphorisms.
Here, for example, is one of them. The director was asked about whether there are very small roles, to which he ironically remarked that there are none in nature, but there are small actors.
And another quote about the hanger with which the theater begins - who does not know these words? Stanislavsky himself in the quote revealed itself completely: both as an actor, and as a spectator, and as a person.
Moreover, the director’s phrases were truly wise, for example, he encouraged his followers to see the main essence of art - the human soul.
Stanislavsky also believed in enlightenment, so he urged his students to constantly improve themselves, read, and learn about life. He even told them that a day spent without new knowledge would have been wasted by them.
KS Stanislavsky: quotes about the theater and art
Stanislavsky urged to treat the theater as a beloved woman, to whom the actor is ready to devote himself all over and even, if necessary, give his life for her.
Highly raising art above the ordinary, the director nonetheless urged the actors to draw their inspiration and skill from life. He talked about the need to know life in all its relationships, and only then can an actor play in such a way that the audience will believe in the plausibility of his emotional experiences.
Therefore, the director paid great attention to the audience as direct participants in the theatrical action. Stanislavsky spoke a lot about the audience, we can still see quotes about them in all collections of his works.
For example, the director wrote that playing with a full audience of people who sympathize with acting on the stage is a great pleasure for the actor. It is at this moment that the most important close relationship is born between the audience, the director and the actors.
At the same time, Stanislavsky was very serious about the acting profession. In particular, he said that an actor in only one case may not come to the play. Only his own death can justify him.
Thus, we see that Stanislavsky’s quotes about art, theater and life are still a guide to the world of the profession for many actors.