Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry, GBE, known professionally as Ellen Terry, was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth27 February 1847
Ellen Terry quotes about
employed pig reminded romeo taught
As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.
greatest imagination intelligence three
Imagination, industry, and intelligence -- ''the three I s'' -- are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the greatest is, without doubt, imagination.
usefulness
Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.
conceited progress obstacles
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.