“What would life be without art? Science prolongs life. To consist of what-eating, drinking, and sleeping? What is the good of living longer if it is only a matter of satisfying the requireme...”
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“What would life be without art? Science prolongs life. To consist of what-eating, drinking, and sleeping? What is the good of living longer if it is only a matter of satisfying the requireme...”
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“The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.”
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“For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.”
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“Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.”
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“What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?”
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“Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.”
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“The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.”
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“The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.”
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“To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.”
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“Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'”
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“I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or...”
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“Legend remains victorious in spite of history.”
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