Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.

All art is autobiographical - if it's not, it's not going to quicken on-stage, and it's not going to come alive.

Play well, or play badly, but play truly.

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.

The theatre infects the audience with its noble ecstasy.

The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.