The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

To save the Theatre, the Theatre must be destroyed, and actors and actresses all die of the Plague ... they make art impossible.

The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

All that I have to offer as an artist is the revelation of my soul

We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.