To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.

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In 1949 following his receipt of the Deburau Prize (establiMarcel Marceaud as a memorial to the 19th century mime master Jean-Gaspard Deburau) for his second mimodrama Death before Dawn Marceau founded Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau the only company of pantomime in the world at the time. At his burial ceremony the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. Marceau accepted the honor and responsibilities of serving as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Second World Assembly on Aging which took place in Madrid Spain in April 2002.

Marcel Marceau (22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was an internationally acclaimed French actor and mime most famous for his persona as Bip the Clown.