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Sarah Bernhardt quotes

French Actress October 22, 1845 – March 26, 1923

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Sarah Bernhardt quote: "I do love cricket - it's so very English."
I do love cricket - it's so very English. Sarah Bernhardt
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 against me. Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant..."
Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending..."
Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt
We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them. Sarah Bernhardt
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? Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for..."
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. Sarah Bernhardt
All the pictures that hung in my memory before I knew you have faded and given place to our radient moments together. Now I cannot live apart from you... Your words are my food, your breath is my wine. You are everything to me. Sarah Bernhardt
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. Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short..."
For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture. Sarah Bernhardt
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. Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are..."
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. Sarah Bernhardt
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I..."
Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt quote: "The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to..."
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear. Sarah Bernhardt

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