"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."

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Source : Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “An Actor Prepares”, p.268, A&C Black

Constantin Stanislavski

#Moving Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Execution Quotes

“Adam was a super-being when God created him.”
“It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.”
“No book, no matter how good, has a chance of reaching a large audience unless the publisher SEES the book's value.”
“Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the grace of the men who perceived that wheat must have water in order to grow, that stones laid in a curve will form an arch, that two and two make four, that love is not served by torture and life is not fed by destruction-only by the grace of those men did the rest of them learn to experience moments when they caught the spark of being human.”
“The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.”
“Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed: I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that's why I made works of art.”

Source : Félix González-Torres, Tim Rollins, Susan Cahan, Jan Avgikos (1993). “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, A R T Pr
“None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.”
“To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.”

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