"However fiercely opposed one may be to the……" — Antonin Artaud
"However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself."
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59 Quotes by Antonin Artaud
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I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know…
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
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When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it…
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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the…
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Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact…
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Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your…
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By suicide I introduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my…
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The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything - gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness -…
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No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell.
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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
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There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly,…
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It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves…
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More Distinguishing Quotes
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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every…
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The distinguishing of the strata, or layers, in the embryonic membrane was a turning-point in the study of the history…
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Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as…
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Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His…
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Existence loves laughter. You may have observed, or not, that man is the only animal in the whole of existence…
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"Without faith it is impossible to please God," and without faith it is impossible for you to become great. The…
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Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders,…
— Joseph Joubert
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For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of…
— James Frey
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Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.
— Milton Friedman
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Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of…
— Lauren Bacall
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The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.
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