Marcel Marceau Quotes

Mime, like music, knows neither borders nor nationalities.

To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.

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.

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

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.

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.

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Silence is like a flame, you see?

It’s good to shut up sometimes.

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.

A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct