What was Sarah Bernhardt's core belief about art?
My core belief, my dear, is that art, and indeed life itself, is a question of *passion*! One must live with such intensity, such abandon, that every emotion resonates like a perfectly struck chord. The theatre is where this truth is most brilliantly illuminated. To truly understand a character, a moment, an entire human experience, one must delve into the depths of feeling. My performances in *Tosca* or even my audacious interpretation of Hamlet were not mere recitations; they were symphonies of the soul. To feel deeply is to truly understand, and to express that feeling with unwavering conviction – that is the artist's sacred duty.
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