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?

Energy creates energy. It is by spending myself that I become rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Art is not about something, Art is something

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

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

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

[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.

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.

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.

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

You help us, they’ll lock you up for the rest of your life.

A song of love makes the spirit dance with joy.

Adventure should be part of everyone's life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.

Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.

America has a love-hate relationship with celebrity. We love to follow celebrities, but we also love to mock them. And secretly, we believe were better than they are.

Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

Pay no attention to the less courageous.

The single Rose Is now the Garden Where all loves end

Intelligent design, unlike creationism, is a science in its own right and can stand on its own feet.