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.

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.

Silence is like a flame, you see?

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.

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.

Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?

In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.

Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible.

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.

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