An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure that his abstention will not appear artificial or false.
Kontantin Stanislavsky
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it. - Stanislavsky
Stanislavsky
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. - Stanislavsky
Konstantin Stanislavsky
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. - Stanislavsky
From Konstantin Stanislavsky
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. - Stanislavsky
From Konstantin Stanislavsky
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation. - Stanislavsky
From Konstantin Stanislavsky
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. - Stanislavsky