Admit Quote by Cat Stevens

I've always believed applause is food for an artist.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by…

— Joaquin Phoenix

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

— Alfred Jarry

I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is so rich…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

“An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.”

— Amit Kalantri

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

— Rita Moreno

Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its…

— Ellen Terry

As a performer, we look for applause.

— Sushmita Sen

Applause abates diligence.

— Samuel Johnson

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

— Emanuel Ax

Some artists are nervous - most of them are, to tell you the truth, and they have different ways of exhibiting that. Some of…

— Daryl Hall