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"The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art."

"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste."

"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."

"Queen of arts and daughter of heaven."
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"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made."

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

"Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome."

"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."

"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"
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