"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive."
Eleonora Duse was an Italian stage actress regarded as one of the great performers of modern theater. She became internationally known for psychologically nuanced acting and major roles in Ibsen and D'Annunzio plays.