Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, "Never real and always true," and that is how depression feels. You know that… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“I, myself, spent 9 years in an insane asylum and never had any suicidal tendencies, but I know that every conversation I… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
I don't know anyone who has described that terrible yearning for ecstasy and immolation through music as lucidly as Sean Madigan Hoen… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
[Nietzsche's] definition of cruelty informs Artaud's own, declaring that all art embodies and intensifies the underlying brutalities of life to recreate the… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“He mused on this village of his, which had sprung up in this place, amid the stones, like the gnarled undergrowth of… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Artaud sought to remove aesthetic distance, bringing the audience into direct contact with the dangers of life. By turning theatre into a… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
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