I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. Marcel Marceau More Quotes by Marcel Marceau More Quotes From Marcel Marceau To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man. Marcel Marceau communicationmenthinking In a moment of grace, we can grasp eternity in the palm of our hand. This is the gift given to creative individuals who can identify with the mysteries of life through art. Marcel Marceau creativehandsart Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words? Marcel Marceau dreamlovemoving Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. Marcel Marceau musicsilencefunny Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible. Marcel Marceau mimemagicianinvisible It's good to shut up sometimes. Marcel Marceau life-and-loveinspirationalfunny Life is a cycle, and mime is particularly suitable for showing fluidity, transformation, metamorphosis. Words can keep people apart; mime can be a bridge between them. Marcel Marceau fluiditybridgespeople Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin - Mime is not an imitator but a creator. Marcel Marceau crysoullaughing Mime, like music, knows neither borders nor nationalities. Marcel Marceau mimebordersknows No art is superior to another one, but every art looks for expertise and perfection. This is life, which continues; this is why there is no death. There is continuation. There is no silence. There is a continuation of thought. Marcel Marceau silenceperfectionart What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. Marcel Marceau importantessenceattitude I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish. Marcel Marceau destinylightmen Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct Marcel Marceau deceitfulinspirationsimple In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people. Marcel Marceau silencereflectionpeople Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. Marcel Marceau mimeadvicetalking Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. Marcel Marceau operaplotdestiny A mime is a terrible thing to waste. Marcel Marceau mimewasteterrible Silence is like a flame, you see? Marcel Marceau silence-isflamessilence Fathers, I do not practice. I'm not religious in life, but when I perform "The Creation of the World" and when my soul is touched by the confrontation of "Good and Evil," then God enters in me. Marcel Marceau religiouspracticefather One can feel the urge, the need to give, coming from within him. He is such a pure and true person. It’s my deepest, most heartfelt conviction that Michael Jackson is a good person, a fine young man with an incredible burden - responsibility - to carry on his shoulders. Marcel Marceau responsibilitygivingmen
