The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. beauty & truth
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. history
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. food & love
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. anger
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? art & beauty
Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. success