[Bertholt] Brecht looked very thin, like a herring with very sensitive hands.

- Lotte Lenya

[After World War II:] By now we are used to the rubble, which they clear up religiously and indefatigably. What a determination to get on top again! …

- Lotte Lenya

[I have] a heavenly vase full of autumn leaves today. They look so beautiful. How much closer to God can one get? And a beautiful blue heron flew ove…

- Lotte Lenya

Training is useful but there is no substitute for experience.

- Lotte Lenya

When I do a film that has nothing to do with Kurt Weill, then I am happy, I am on my own. But in a Kurt Weill work I am as nervous as a cat. A burden…

- Lotte Lenya