English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures.
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.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
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.
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.
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.