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Eugene Ionesco Quotes

There are now many invisible people on stage Picture Quote #1

Dreams are reality at its most profound Picture Quote #1

The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself Picture Quote #1

A civil servant doesn’t make jokes Picture Quote #1

You’ve always made the mistake of being yourself Picture Quote #1

It’s when I am fully conscious that I ask questions Picture Quote #1

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Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of History, and the initial fall of man Picture Quote #1

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name! Picture Quote #1

Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately Picture Quote #1

We exist on several different planes, and when we said nothing had any reason we were referring to the psychological and social plane Picture Quote #1

All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama’s always been realistic and there’s always been a detective about... Every play’s an investigation brought to a successful conclusion Picture Quote #1

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises - of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, there is stagnation, petrifaction and death. All thought, all art is aggressive Picture Quote #1

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I am, it seems, an avant-garde dramatist. It would even seem obvious since I am present here at discussions on the avant-garde theatre. It is all entirely official. But what does the term avant-garde mean? Picture Quote #1

An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any system of government, an established form of expression is also a form of oppression. The avant-garde man is the opponent of an existing system Picture Quote #1

I have no other pictures of the world apart from those which express evanescence, and callousness, vanity and anger, emptiness, orhideous useless hate. Everything has merely confirmed what I had seen and understood in my childhood: futile and sordid fits of rage, cries suddenly blanketed by the silence, shadows swallowed up for ever by the night Picture Quote #1

For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; asthough there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart Picture Quote #1

Language should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings Picture Quote #1

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you’re deluded by triviality Picture Quote #1

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All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat Picture Quote #1

Why was I born, if it wasn't forever? Picture Quote #1

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed Picture Quote #1

Describe a circle, stroke it's back and it turns vicious Picture Quote #1

We have not the time to take our time Picture Quote #1

A nose that can see is worth two that sniff Picture Quote #1

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A man with a soul is not like every other man Picture Quote #1

A civil servant doesn't make jokes Picture Quote #1

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it Picture Quote #1

Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality Picture Quote #1

Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing Picture Quote #1

Dreams are reality at it's most profound Picture Quote #1

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There are now many invisible people on stage (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Dreams are reality at its most profound (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) A civil servant doesn’t make jokes (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) You’ve always made the mistake of being yourself (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) It’s when I am fully conscious that I ask questions (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of History, and the initial fall of man (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name! (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) We exist on several different planes, and when we said nothing had any reason we were referring to the psychological and social plane (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama’s always been realistic and there’s always been a detective about... Every play’s an investigation brought to a successful conclusion (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises - of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, there is stagnation, petrifaction and death. All thought, all art is aggressive (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) I am, it seems, an avant-garde dramatist. It would even seem obvious since I am present here at discussions on the avant-garde theatre. It is all entirely official. But what does the term avant-garde mean? (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any system of government, an established form of expression is also a form of oppression. The avant-garde man is the opponent of an existing system (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) I have no other pictures of the world apart from those which express evanescence, and callousness, vanity and anger, emptiness, orhideous useless hate. Everything has merely confirmed what I had seen and understood in my childhood: futile and sordid fits of rage, cries suddenly blanketed by the silence, shadows swallowed up for ever by the night (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; asthough there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Language should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Many people have delusions of grandeur but you’re deluded by triviality (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Why was I born, if it wasn't forever? (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Describe a circle, stroke it's back and it turns vicious (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) We have not the time to take our time (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) A nose that can see is worth two that sniff (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) A man with a soul is not like every other man (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) A civil servant doesn't make jokes (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) I started writing for the theatre because I hated it (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing (Eugene Ionesco Quotes) Dreams are reality at it's most profound (Eugene Ionesco Quotes)

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