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Theodore Bikel quotes: You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

Theodore Bikel quotes: As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

Theodore Bikel quotes: But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Every actor wants to direct.

Every actor wants to direct.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good.

Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good.

Theodore Bikel quotes: 'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

Theodore Bikel quotes: No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

Theodore Bikel quotes: No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.

No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

Theodore Bikel quotes: On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

Theodore Bikel quotes: In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.

Theodore Bikel quotes: You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

Theodore Bikel quotes: For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

Theodore Bikel quotes: If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

Theodore Bikel quotes: After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

Theodore Bikel quotes: When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.

When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.

Theodore Bikel quotes: We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

Theodore Bikel quotes: There is no role I cannot play except a midget.

There is no role I cannot play except a midget.

Theodore Bikel quotes: It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'

It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'

Theodore Bikel quotes: You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and that is truer in the arts than anywhere else.

You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and that is truer in the arts than anywhere else.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.

Theodore Bikel quotes: No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Audiences are audiences.

Audiences are audiences.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel.

I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel.

Theodore Bikel quotes: We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.

Theodore Bikel quotes: You learn more from the flops than from the hits.

You learn more from the flops than from the hits.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

Theodore Bikel quotes: Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

Theodore Bikel quotes: I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.

I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.

Theodore Bikel quotes: The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.