49 Quotes by Sarah Bernhardt

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.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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

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

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

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

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?

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

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