To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.
Eleanora DuseIf I had my will, I would live in a ship on the sea and never come nearer to humanity than that!
Eleanora Duse... does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining love!
Eleanora DuseTo save the Theatre, the Theatre must be destroyed, and actors and actresses all die of the Plague ... they make art impossible.
Eleanora DuseWhen we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.
Eleanora DuseIbsen is like this room where we are sitting, with all the tables and chairs. Do I care whether you have twenty or twenty-five links on your chain? Hedda Gabler, Nora and the rest: it is not that I want! I want Rome and the Coliseum, the Acropolis, Athens; I want beauty, and the flame of life.
Eleanora Duse