In a clown, we see what we do that makes us laugh and cry. I kept the white face, the tradition of the Pierrot. My clown became a romantic and stylized figure. I wanted to be an abstract and concrete figure, a symbol of humanity. 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 communication men thinking 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 creative hands art Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words? Marcel Marceau dream love moving Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. Marcel Marceau music silence funny Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible. Marcel Marceau mime magician invisible It's good to shut up sometimes. Marcel Marceau life-and-love inspirational funny 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 fluidity bridges people 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 cry soul laughing Mime, like music, knows neither borders nor nationalities. Marcel Marceau mime borders knows 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 silence perfection art What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. Marcel Marceau important essence attitude 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 destiny light men Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct Marcel Marceau deceitful inspiration simple In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people. Marcel Marceau silence reflection people Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. Marcel Marceau mime advice talking 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 opera plot destiny A mime is a terrible thing to waste. Marcel Marceau mime waste terrible Silence is like a flame, you see? Marcel Marceau silence-is flames silence 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 religious practice father 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 responsibility giving men
