In 1962, DECROUX said in an interview in Combat :
"I want to state that nothing is more beautiful than a cadaver. Take a man who during his life was envious, conniving, and a liar and you will find his visage unbearable. However, while he is dead, he carries the nobility of a pharaoh. (...) When the body is in motion - athletic, or in work - it can go to extremes without appearing indecent. Yet, only a few things are required to return a perfectly obscene face."
opposed the peripheral movements of the body, of emphasizing the facial and manual expressions which he described as instruments of deceit, devoted henchmen of gossip. He emphasized the torso as the most important element. It is not by chance that his teacher, Jacques COPEAU, through his revolutionary approach to the training of the actor placed the mask to veil the faces of his students. DECROUX said that in his work, the entire body became the face. With the facial expression veiled, the body resorts to the rest of his other parts to compensate."
Texts by Thomas LEABHART extracted from the book "Etienne Decroux, Mime Corporel. Textes, études et témoignages" (under the direction of Patrick PEZIN, L’Entretemps Editions, Saint-Jean-de-Védas. 2003).