I have had moments when I have been applauded on the boards: I think nothing of that; but I have known in my own mind sometimes, when I had not a clap from the whole house, that I had found a true intonation, or an exact and speaking gesture; and then, messieurs, I have known what pleasure was, what it was to do a thing well, what it was to be an artist.

我也曾在舞台上赢得掌声，但我并不看重；有时全场没有一声喝彩，我心里却知道，自己找到了真实的语调，或一个准确而传神的动作；就在那时，先生们，我懂得了什么是快乐，什么是把一件事做好，什么是成为艺术家。