3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can’t help it. It’s the truth.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
3 December 2020 Charlie Chaplin We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.
