Bernhardt

Famous quotes containing the word bernhardt:

    Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselves. They know what is concealed beneath the flowers, and what the gossip, the calumnies, and the praise are worth. But as for those who win fame when they are twenty, they know nothing, and are caught up in the whirlpool.
    —Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)

    For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
    —Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923)

    I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.
    —Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)