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

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.

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

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

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.

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.