Ellen Terry Quotes

"Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress."
-Ellen Terry

"If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work, then I was never an artist."
-Ellen Terry

"No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth."
-Ellen Terry

"Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it."
-Ellen Terry

"Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at."
-Ellen Terry

"Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite."
-Ellen Terry

"Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting."
-Ellen Terry