Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him.
Constantin StanislavskiWhat is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.
Constantin StanislavskiA true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.
Constantin StanislavskiIn the circle of light on the state in the midst of darkness, you have the sensation of being entirely alone... This is called solitude in public... During a performance, before an audience of thousands, you can always enclose yourself in this circle, like a snail in its shell... You can carry it wherever you go.
Constantin Stanislavski