The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. [… - Mary Pickford

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The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. [...] It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkie instead of the other way around.

Mary Pickford

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Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-born film star and co-founder of United Artists, known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curls."

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Birth Name: Gladys Louise Smith

Alternative Names: Gladys Marie Smith • Gladys Mary Moore • Gladys Moore • Gladys Smith

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I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

I am no longer in pictures for money. I am in them because I love them. I am not in vain. I do not care about giving a smashing personal performance. My one ambition is to create fine entertainment.

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