bertrampotts:

In memory of Ingrid Bergman ♥ (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982)

“She always moved with wonderful grace and self control. She spoke her lines beautifully and her radiant beauty struck me the first time I saw her. She appreciated compliments, accepted them shyly but they never altered the three totally original characteristics of her work. Truth, naturalness and fantasy. I created Intermezzo for her, but I was not responsible for its success. Ingrid herself made it successful through her perfomance. The truth is, nobody discovered her. Nobody launched her. She discovered herself.” 

– Gustaf Molander

“She has a combination of rare beauty, freshness, vitality and ability that is as uncommon as a century plant in bloom.” 

– Wanda Hale

“You see that she’s kind of a pure soul, that she’s naive and good. But she always said the truth, and she had a kind of direct wisdom. And she was very funny. You know, I don’t think my mother cared so much that people thought she was courageous or not courageous, modern or not modern, independent or dependent. I think she would like to be remembered only as a good actress. And to know that through her work and that of my father,  generation after generation will be encouraged to make films.” 

– Isabella Rossellini