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> [The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/the-poet-cannot-invent-new-words-every-time-of-course-he-uses-the/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

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## More by Eugène Ionesco

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-am-it-seems-an-avant-garde-dramatist-it-would-even-seem-obvious/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/my-boy-it-s-really-true-you-really-love-hashed-brown-potatoes-you/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/everything-that-has-been-will-be-everything-that-will-be-is/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [“Rhinoceros The Leader The Future is in Eggs or It Takes all Sorts to Make a World”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/rhinoceros-the-leader-the-future-is-in-eggs-or-it-takes-all-sorts-to/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/every-message-of-despair-is-the-statement-of-a-situation-from-which/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [I've always been suspicious of collective truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-ve-always-been-suspicious-of-collective-truths/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/shakespeare-was-the-great-one-before-us-his-place-was-between-god-and/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [I'll never waste my dreams by falling asleep. Never again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-ll-never-waste-my-dreams-by-falling-asleep-never-again/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [“All doctors are quacks. And all patients too. Only the Royal Navy is honest in England.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/all-doctors-are-quacks-and-all-patients-too-only-the-royal-navy-is/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/that-s-how-we-stay-young-these-days-murder-and-suicide/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-read-a-page-of-plato-s-great-work-i-can-no-longer-understand/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [“MRS. SMITH: Well, this is how it was. It is difficult for me to speak openly to you, but a fireman is also a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/mrs-smith-well-this-is-how-it-was-it-is-difficult-for-me-to-speak/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/childhood-is-over-the-moment-things-are-no-longer-astonishing/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/realism-falls-short-of-reality-it-shrinks-it-attenuates-it-falsifies/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

> [A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/a-nose-that-can-see-is-worth-two-that-sniff/)

[Eugene Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

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