Some faces will remain as significant icons throughout history. For me one of the most beautiful faces ever seen is Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra (1963), combining sexual power, dominance and devotion at the same time. While Burton as Marc Antony somehow does not really fit into the classic roman outfit with corslet and sandals - like a Welsh head propped onto a roman statue - Taylor really is Cleopatra. The woman and the myth. I loved both ever since.
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| Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. Drawing: Charcoal, 42 x 29,7 cm. |
Quotes from Cleopatra
Cleopatra: There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many.
Antony: Queens. Queens. Strip them naked as any other woman, they are no longer queens.
Rufio: It is also difficult to tell the rank of a naked general. Generals without armies are naked indeed.
Agrippa: Nothing bores me so much as an intellectual!
Julius Caesar: Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.
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