I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

My technique is the outcome of thinking for myself, of my own logic and approach; it is not borrowed from what others are doing.

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is "elephant".

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.