Best 60 Charlie Chaplin Quotes from a Clown’s POV

Charles Chaplin was a true pioneer of motion pictures. Many of his films, like the classics “The Kid”, “The Gold Rush”, “Modern times”, “City Lights” or “The Great Dictator”, helped him write his own page in the book of the most unforgettable movies ever.

Although he rose to fame during the silent era of cinema, he was anything but silent when it came to his views on life. Charles Chaplin, who was an agnostic, was also a free-thinking mind and a non-comformist. His quotes sometimes also reflected his views on politics, which had been a reason of criticism during the years when Chaplin lived in a McCarthy-era America. However, his words on art, love and life itself are true gems to read. Our collection of the Best Charles Chaplin quotes is followed by a pinnable collection of images you can share to spread the speaking parts of a great, typically non-speaking artist.

Table of Contents

• Charlie Chaplin Quotes about Life
• Charlie Chaplin Quotes about Laughter and Smiling
• “Only the unloved hate…” : Charlie Chaplin Quotes on Love
• Other Famous Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
• Sad Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
• Charlie Chaplin Quotes on Images

Charlie Chaplin Quotes about Life

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. Charlie Chaplin

We think too much and feel too little. Charlie Chaplin

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin

Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause. Charlie Chaplin

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. Charlie Chaplin

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. Charlie Chaplin

Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. Charlie Chaplin

Look up to the sky, you’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down. Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Quotes about Laughter and Smiling

A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. Charlie Chaplin

I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They always smile. Charlie Chaplin

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. Charlie Chaplin

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile. Charlie Chaplin

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it. Charlie Chaplin

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror. Charlie Chaplin

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane. Charlie Chaplin

“Only the unloved hate…” : Charlie Chaplin Quotes on Love

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul. Charlie Chaplin

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man. Charlie Chaplin

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

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning. Charlie Chaplin

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Charlie Chaplin

Other Famous Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane. Charlie Chaplin

Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination… and a little dough. Charlie Chaplin

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk. Charlie Chaplin

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express. Charlie Chaplin

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning. Charlie Chaplin

Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total. Charlie Chaplin

That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves. Charlie Chaplin

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. Charlie Chaplin

In the end, everything is a gag. Charlie Chaplin

Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it, they reject themselves. Charlie Chaplin

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’. 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 suppose that’s one of the ironies of life: doing the wrong thing at the right moment. Charlie Chaplin

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Charlie Chaplin

I don’t think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul.  There, I think, are the true Americans. Charlie Chaplin

I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charlie Chaplin

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Charlie Chaplin

Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world. Charlie Chaplin

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. Charlie Chaplin

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. Charlie Chaplin

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books. Charlie Chaplin

Simplicity is not a simple thing. Charlie Chaplin

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Charlie Chaplin

Sad Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying. Charlie Chaplin

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. Charlie Chaplin

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy. Charlie Chaplin

Why should poetry have to make sense? Charlie Chaplin

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. Charlie Chaplin

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry, it never laughs. Charlie Chaplin

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Quotes on Images

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