Sarah Bernhardt – 6 Quotes

6 Quotes by 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

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?

– Sarah Bernhardt

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

– Sarah Bernhardt

Legend remains victorious in spite of history.

– Sarah Bernhardt

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

– Sarah Bernhardt