Theodore BikelI always sang, I always acted, I always played.354Philosophy
Theodore BikelAs an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.377Politics
Theodore BikelI have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.344Hope
Theodore BikelI prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.323Politics
Theodore BikelI remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.324Truth
Theodore BikelBy showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle … ▶359DeathReading
Theodore BikelNo doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.282Truth
Theodore BikelOne might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.327Thought
Theodore BikelI prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.283Time
Theodore BikelWhat moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine. ✨ Biography/Personal … ▶305Death
Theodore BikelWe Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.3410Reading
Theodore BikelYou can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.295Time
Theodore BikelI created the role of Captain Von Trapp.3310Politics
Theodore BikelEpistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?318Death
Theodore BikelI'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.231Death
Theodore BikelI tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work… ▶275HopePhilosophy
Theodore BikelI am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.231Thought
Theodore BikelFor I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. ✨ Theodore Bikel (2014). Theo: An Autobiography, p… ▶287Life
Theodore BikelBut, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.287Hope
Theodore BikelAudiences are audiences.232Death
Theodore BikelAlthough 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.3110Humanity
Theodore BikelNo movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.244PoliticsTime
Theodore BikelIn my world, history comes down to language and art. ✨ “Theodore Bikel, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Star, Dies at 91” by Duane Byrge , Alex Ben Block, www.ho… ▶277Death
Theodore BikelIn my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song … ▶245DeathSadness
Theodore BikelI am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.278HumanityLove
Theodore BikelI am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.2910Death
Theodore BikelI 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.191Hope
Theodore BikelDespite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels… ▶248Truth
Theodore BikelBut there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.2610Death
Theodore BikelNo heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.204HumanityTime
