Marcel Marceau Quotes

"To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Thoughts, Man, Silence)

"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: People, Reflection, Silence)

"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."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Destiny, Light, Man, Shadow, Style)

"Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?"
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Moments, Words)

"Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Music, Power, Destiny, Moods, Opera, Words)

"What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Attitude)

"It's good to shut up sometimes."
- Marcel Marceau

"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."
- Marcel Marceau
(Related: Music, Silence)