top of page
"The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Life quotes

"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
Personal Development

"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

"To say something great, you must first stop trying to say something great! Sometimes struggling is an obstacle to reach the target! Flow like a river, calmly, naturally, enjoying the present moment, without thinking of the ocean and finally you will be there!"
Explore more quotes by Elia Kazan

"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."

"The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards."

"Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit."

"The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep."

"I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul."

"I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am."

"I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action."
bottom of page