Buster Keaton

"The friendship between performer and camera is sacred."

"Every frame is a sentence in the story your body is telling."

"Humor without heart is just noise."

"Success tastes sweetest when it comes from doing exactly what you love."

"Life's greatest lessons come dressed up as embarrassment."

"Wisdom is the art of knowing when less is more."

"Happiness is a privilege granted only to those who create it for others."

"Love your work more than you love the accolades."

"Hope is the belief that tomorrow's show will be better than today's."

"Courage is performing the same stunt for the hundredth time like it's the first."

"Change your perspective and you change your comedy."

"Knowledge without practice is just philosophy."

"Time is the editor of all great performances."

"Truth in comedy emerges when ego steps aside."

"Freedom as an artist means freedom from the fear of failure."

"Peace with your performance comes from honest effort."

"Nature's timing is perfect; so should your comedic timing be."

"Science explains laughter; art creates it."

"Music is the rhythm of movement; movement is the music of silence."

"Faith in the process is more important than faith in the outcome."

"Leadership means leading by example, not by explanation."

"Work with intention or don't work at all."

"Dreams without discipline are just fantasies."

"Humor is the mask we wear to tell the truth."

"Beauty in performance is invisible until it's revealed."

"Death is the one scene no actor can rehearse."

"Perseverance is showing up when you'd rather disappear."

"Gratitude transforms a job into a calling."

"Creativity without courage is just imagination."

"Justice demands that we give our audience nothing but our best."