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Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
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I am told, in a dream you can only get the answer to all your questions through a dream. So in my dream, I fall asleep, and I dream, in my dream, that I'm having that absolute, revealing dream.
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To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
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A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.
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Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.
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Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
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You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
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We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
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Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.
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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.
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Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.
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The critic should describe, and not prescribe.
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I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.
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Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.
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People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.
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I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.
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