Constantin Stanislavski quotes

Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art. (Constantin Stanislavski)
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes. View quote
Constantin Stanislavski