Sarah Bernhardt Quotes

"I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America."
-Sarah Bernhardt in Chicago quotes.

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

"We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them."
-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

"Legend remains victorious in spite of history."
-Sarah Bernhardt

"Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third."
-Sarah Bernhardt

"Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
-Sarah Bernhardt in Energy quotes.

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