Sarah Bernhardt

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#breath #everything #food #me #wine

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#care #i #mind #oscar #oscar wilde

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#english #i #i do #love #very

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#ideas #involuntary #reflex #theatre

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#artiste #fine #gesture #long #make

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#begets #creates #energy #life #oneself

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#always #cannot #except #ideal #incessant

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#although #born #commence #country #first

Legend remains victorious in spite of history. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#legend #remains #spite #victorious

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#actor #each #his #should #stage