Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Sarah Bernhardt Actor

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Oct 22, 1844
  • Died: Mar 26, 1923

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage and early film actress, and was referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known." Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, at the beginning of the Belle Epoque period, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the nickname "The Divine Sarah."

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? art & beauty

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. anger

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

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

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

Legend remains victorious in spite of history. history

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