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Eugene Ionesco quotes: Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out. Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind, It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind,
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World
Eugene Ionesco quotes: To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer. Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality. Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Do rhinoceroses cough? Do rhinoceroses cough?
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately. Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security. Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused. Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind. A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Dreams are reality at its most profound. Dreams are reality at its most profound.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art. If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: The fact that I despise religion doesn't mean I don't esteem it highly. The fact that I despise religion doesn't mean I don't esteem it highly.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Language should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings. Language should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil. People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions. It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself. The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I'll never waste my dreams by falling asleep. Never again. I'll never waste my dreams by falling asleep. Never again.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to understand more easily than most what it was all about. When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to understand more easily than most what it was all about.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: All men die in solitude; all values are degraded in a state of misery: that is what Shakespeare tells me All men die in solitude; all values are degraded in a state of misery: that is what Shakespeare tells me
Eugene Ionesco quotes: The critic should describe, and not prescribe. The critic should describe, and not prescribe.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I'm looking for a monophysite priest to marry our maid. I'm looking for a monophysite priest to marry our maid.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer. There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: We haven't the time to take out time. We haven't the time to take out time.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Of course, not everything is unsayable in words, only the living truth. Of course, not everything is unsayable in words, only the living truth.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches. Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I started writing for the theatre because I hated it. I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: FIRE CHIEF: Life is very simple, really. [To the Smiths:] Go on and kiss each other. FIRE CHIEF: Life is very simple, really. [To the Smiths:] Go on and kiss each other.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide. That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Only the ephemeral is of lasting value. Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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Eugene Ionesco quotes: People who don't read are brutes. People who don't read are brutes.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: We have not the time to take our time. We have not the time to take our time.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: People, they all have the word goodness on lips a bloody knife between their teeth. People, they all have the word goodness on lips a bloody knife between their teeth.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair. Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A civil servant doesn't make jokes. A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I don't believe in seeing evil in everything. I leave that to the inquisitors. I don't believe in seeing evil in everything. I leave that to the inquisitors.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Describe a circle, stroke its back and it turns vicious. Describe a circle, stroke its back and it turns vicious.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat. All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: We haven't the time to take our time. We haven't the time to take our time.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: It's not that I hate people. I'm just indifferent to them - or rather, they disgust me; and they'd better keep out of my way, or I'll run them down. It's not that I hate people. I'm just indifferent to them - or rather, they disgust me; and they'd better keep out of my way, or I'll run them down.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity. The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I've always been suspicious of collective truths. I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it. I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: What's chivalrous about saying you've seen a rhinoceros? What's chivalrous about saying you've seen a rhinoceros?
Eugene Ionesco quotes: We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don't feel so well myself. God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don't feel so well myself.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I still forget, sometimes, that I am no longer 12 years old. I still forget, sometimes, that I am no longer 12 years old.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: But you'll never become a rhinoceros, really you won't ... you haven't got the vocation! But you'll never become a rhinoceros, really you won't ... you haven't got the vocation!
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A man with a soul is not like every other man. A man with a soul is not like every other man.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality. Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A nose that can see is worth two that sniff. A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I just can't get used to life. I just can't get used to life.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been. Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing. A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Solitude seems to oppress me. And so does the company of other people. Solitude seems to oppress me. And so does the company of other people.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: You've always made the mistake of being yourself. You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Living is abnormal. Living is abnormal.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: To me the world seems grotesque, absurd, ridiculous, painful. To me the world seems grotesque, absurd, ridiculous, painful.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician. Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: You can only predict things after they have happened. You can only predict things after they have happened.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: He would say ect. instead of ect., and thus instead of ect., instead of ect. and thus and so forth! He would say ect. instead of ect., and thus instead of ect., instead of ect. and thus and so forth!
Eugene Ionesco quotes: I am not capitulating. I am not capitulating.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Truth has only two sides, but it's the third side that's best. Truth has only two sides, but it's the third side that's best.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Why was I born, if it wasn't forever? Why was I born, if it wasn't forever?
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs. Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship. A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship.
Eugene Ionesco quotes: Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name?~Jack or The Submission Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name?

~Jack or The Submission

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