Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind, — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia in the month of June is only a half-light when… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
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… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“My boy! It's really true, you really love hashed brown potatoes? You make me so happy. JACK [without conviction]: Yes, I like them, I… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“All doctors are quacks. And all patients too. Only the Royal Navy is honest in England.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“I read a page of Plato's great work. I can no longer understand anything, because behind the words on the page, which have their… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“MRS. SMITH: Well, this is how it was. It is difficult for me to speak openly to you, but a fireman is also a… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
