Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

Charlie Chaplin

I don’t want to create a revolution – I just want to create a few more films.

Charlie Chaplin

I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They just keep smiling.

Charlie Chaplin

I have yet to know a poor man who has nostalgia for poverty.

Charlie Chaplin

I hope that the entertainment I give has some lasting effect on people. I hope they see the beauty that I myself am seeking. I am trying to express a beauty that embraces not only physical characteristics and scenes, but the true fundamental emotions of humanity. Beauty. Beauty is what I am after.

Charlie Chaplin

I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life – doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

Charlie Chaplin

In the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.

Charlie Chaplin