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Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

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

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

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

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

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

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

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

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: 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?

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 quotes: I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: I do love cricket - it's so very English.

I do love cricket - it's so very English.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.

It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

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

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

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

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: Art is not about something, Art is something

Art is not about something, Art is something

Sarah Bernhardt quotes: 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.

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.