We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.

To rebel or revolt against the status quo is in the very nature of an artist.

I have disassociated myself from that book.

The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.

Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.