Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever he is in the mood of inspiration. But the artist of the stage must be the master of his own inspiration, and must know how to call it forth at the hour announced on the posters of the theatre. This is the chief secret of our art.

Constantin Stanislavski's Popular Quotes

Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worri…

- Constantin Stanislavski

The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.

- Constantin Stanislavski

Never allow yourself externally to portray anything that you have not inwardly experienced and which is not even interesting to you.

- Constantin Stanislavski

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

- Constantin Stanislavski

Play well, or play badly, but play truly.

- Constantin Stanislavski

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

- Constantin Stanislavski

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the r…

- Constantin Stanislavski

All action in theatre must have inner justification, be logical, coherent, and real.

- Constantin Stanislavski

Never lose yourself on the stage. Always act in your own person, as an artist. The moment you lose yourself on the stage marks the departure from tru…

- Constantin Stanislavski