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
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.