Quotes from Minnie Maddern Fiske

The essence of acting is the conveyance of truth through the medium of the actor's mind and person. The science of acting deals with the perfecting of that medium.

This...is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism.

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.