“I learned a lot about Ottoman court, and it was very Shakespearian in ...” — Haris Pasovic Quote

I learned a lot about Ottoman court, and it was very Shakespearian in essence. Stories like the one in 'Hamlet' did happen several times in the 500 years of Ottoman history.

I think we are slowly killing liberty, creativity, intelligent thinking; it's as if we are being led into a world that is like a huge shopping centre, with a sort of anaesthesia about everything except the choice of goods in front of us.

Art is freedom. If we don't have that element, we don't feel human anymore. Art is not decoration or a function. Before all that, art is art. This connection to meaning - our inner, intuitive knowledge - is something.

Theatre, for me, is about providing to the audience a new and exciting experience.

To me, the essence of the music is the most important thing.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.

Our individual liberty is the very essence of America. It is what makes America unique.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.