Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. success
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
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. food & love
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. history
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. beauty & truth