Eleonora Duse Quotes & Sayings

If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that! — Eleonora Duse

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves. — Eleonora Duse

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. — Eleonora Duse

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life. — Eleonora Duse

The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most. — Eleonora Duse

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art. — Eleonora Duse

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. — Eleonora Duse