 I do not believe that any great success in any art can be achieved without it. " I say this to the beginners in my profession, and I am sure all the associates in my art, who have honored me with their presence on this occasion, will indorse what I say...  Problems of the Actor - Page 8by Louis Calvert - 1918 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walker (Mrs. Dr.) - 1876 - 104 pages
...all the associates in my art, who have honored me with their presence on this occasion will endorse what I say in this : art is an absolute mistress,...She requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs." For a series of years, Miss Cushman had been a great sufferer, on account... | |
 | Emma Stebbins - Actresses - 1878 - 338 pages
...single idea. And I honestly believe herein lies the secret of my success in life. I do not believe that any great success in any art can be achieved without...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs. " To you, gentlemen of the Arcadian Club, and to all who have united to... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Actors - 1882 - 246 pages
...single idea. And I honestly believe herein lies the secret of my success in life. I do not believe that any great success in any art can be achieved without...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs ! (Vehement applause.) " ' To you, Gentlemen of the Arcadian Club, and to... | |
 | James Parton - Women - 1885 - 614 pages
...I have striven in my time to be good, and true, and worthy. God knows the struggles I have had." " Art is an absolute mistress ; she will not be coquetted with, or slighted ; she requires entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs." But the best thing she ever wrote or said... | |
 | Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach, D. G. Redmond - History - 1917 - 782 pages
...tragedienne America has ever known, voiced similar sentiments in full-blown language. " Art," said she, " is an absolute mistress ; she will not be coquetted...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumph." And Charlotte Cushman should have known whereof she spoke, for to art —... | |
 | James Parton - Women - 1886 - 588 pages
...I have striven in my time to be good, and true, and worthy. God knows the struggles I have had." " Art is an absolute mistress ; she will not be coquetted with, or slighted ; she requires entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs." But the best thing she ever wrote or said... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...in Works of Imagination. Art is a spiritual triumph. 198 William Ellery Channing : Note-Book. Art. Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs. 199 Charlotte Cushman : Charlotte Cushman (American Actors Series). Ch.... | |
 | William Thompson Price - Biography & Autobiography - 1894 - 224 pages
...intensely in earnest in all my thoughts and in all my actions, whether in my profession or out of it, became my single idea, " And I honestly believe herein...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs," After other words of general and special thanks, Miss Cushman added :... | |
 | Thomas Allston Brown - Theater - 1903 - 762 pages
...profession, and I am sure all the associates in my art who have honored me with their presence on the occasion, will indorse what I say in this — art...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs ! To you, gentlemen of the Arcadian Club, and to all who have united to... | |
 | Willis John Abbot - Celebrities - 1913 - 522 pages
...and the venerable Bryant presented her with a crown of laurel. In her dignified response she said, "Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted...she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs." By this code she lived, and Lawrence Barrett said at her death, which... | |
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