Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist..

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

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'.

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I loo….

You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of th….

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich..

What would life be without art? Science prolongs life. To consist of what-eating, drinking, and sleeping? What is the good of living longer if it is ….

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make t….

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich..

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture..

Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselve….

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has b….

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 impos….

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget..

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer..

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

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….

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody's castle-roof perforated..

Legend remains victorious in spite of history..

The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art; it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the province ofwoman: the desire t….

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualiti….