Konstantin Stanislavski Quotes

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Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Konstantin Stanislavski
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.

Konstantin Stanislavski
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.

Konstantin Stanislavski
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

Konstantin Stanislavski
Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing - all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art - at the door.

Konstantin Stanislavski
There are no small parts, there are only small actors.

Konstantin Stanislavski
In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of our kind of art. That requires ensemble acting and whoever mars that ensemble is committing a crime not only against his comrades but also against the very art of which he is the servant.

Konstantin Stanislavski
In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

Konstantin Stanislavski
In the creative process, there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.

Konstantin Stanislavski
Our type of creativeness is the conception and birth of a new being—the person in the part. It is a natural act similar to the birth of a human being.

Konstantin Stanislavski
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.

Konstantin Stanislavski
In every physical action, unless it is purely mechanical, there is concealed some inner action, some feelings. This is how the two levels of life in a part are created, the inner and the outer. They are intertwined. A common purpose brings them together and reinforces the unbreakable bond.

Konstantin Stanislavski
When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.

Konstantin Stanislavski
The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.

Konstantin Stanislavski