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Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?
-- Marcel Marceau


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


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


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


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


Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.
-- Marcel Marceau


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


What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.
-- Marcel Marceau