“ The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. Sarah Bernhardt
“ Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. Sarah Bernhardt
“ What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty? Sarah Bernhardt
“ He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. Sarah Bernhardt
“ 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 only a matter of satisfying the requirements that s… Sarah Bernhardt
