Dame Edith Evans

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    “A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.”
    —Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)

    “What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that’s what I want to give.”
    —Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)

    “Mother or Murderer, you have
    given or taken life—
    Now all is one!”
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    “I have a lot of respect for that dame [Delilah]. There’s one lady barber that made good.”
    —Alexander Hall. Cleo Borden (Mae West)

    “What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that’s what I want to give.”
    —Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)

    “I sometimes think when I’m on the stage “What do they mean? Is this great, what I’m doing now?””
    —Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)