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“Anyone who says that the artist's field is all answers and no questions has neither.”

“He dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”

“He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.”

“I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing ."

“If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it.”

“If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter.”

“Living characters! Life must be represented not as it is, but as it ought to be; as it appears in dreams.”

“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress."

“The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence."