Henrik Johan Ibsen (Norwegian: ['hnk 'psn] ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was 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, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century.
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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish. Go to Quote / Comment
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no... Go to Quote / Comment
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. Go to Quote / Comment
A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth. Go to Quote / Comment
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority. Go to Quote / Comment