Russian - Actor | January 17, 1863 - August 7, 1938
Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
Constantin Stanislavski
LoveArtYourself
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.
TheatreBetter PersonBetterYou
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.
LifeFeelingsCreationActorSpirit
Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
WorkYouCreateWillDependOwn
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
SmallRememberOnlyParts
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.
TalentAttentionNothingMental
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
WisdomRealizeGreatestLack
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.
LiveSimpleActorDifficultStage
Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
BeautyWorldPushFindRunWay
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.
PerspectiveWordsPaintingSpeech
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