... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

Art is not about something, Art is something

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.