Marcel Marceau Quotes

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

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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Silence is like a flame, you see?

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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

Music and silence... combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

Avant de dire quelque chose, il faut s'assurer que le silence ne soit pas plus important.

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

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.

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

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

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

I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man’s destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth... I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.