Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!
Interpretation
This quote warns against being overly flattered by admiration, urging self-awareness and acceptance of harsh truths.
Constantin Stanislavski emphasizes the importance of self-reflection by cautioning individuals to be wary of their admirers. He suggests that excessive admiration can blind a person to their flaws, and instead advocates for an honest and critical understanding of oneself, including the unpleasant truths that can lead to personal growth and authenticity.
In practice
In discussions on personal development, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of accepting criticism.
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.
The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.
When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.
Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm.
The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.
The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.
A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.
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