Where there is no heart there is no art.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.