Sarah Bernhardt Quote

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit.... [he] must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move in the dream of another life, forgetting everything.


The Art of the Theatre (ed. 1924)


The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble...

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble...

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble...

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble...