Life Quote by Antonin Artaud
““You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the ordinary man does not know, you exceed the normal level, and it is for this that men refuse to forgive you, you poison their peace of mind, you undermine their stability. You have irrepressible pains whose essence is to be inadaptable to any known state, indescribable in words. You have repeated and shifting pains, incurable pains, pains beyond imagining, pains which are neither of the body nor of the soul, but which partake of both. And I share your suffering, and I ask you: who dares to ration our relief?... We are not going to kill ourselves just yet. In the meantime, leave us the hell alone.””
About This Quote
Source Play: “Theatre and Its Double”, 1938
The speaker describes profound, indescribable suffering that isolates them, yet calls for shared endurance.
In simple terms: Deep pain isolates, yet unites.
Key Takeaway
Acknowledge pain, seek solidarity.
Themes
suffering
isolation
solidarity
Mood
somber
introspective
Type
theatrical
philosophical
When to use this quote
- therapy sessions
- artistic expression
- support groups
Key Concepts
existential anguish
human condition
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you communicate unseen suffering?
- Can shared pain foster empathy?
A Different Perspective
Pain may be inexpressible.
![“the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. [He] falls in love or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter, or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes” quote by T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18e/t-s-eliot-633_art_the-ordinary-man-s-experience-is-chaotic_93688.jpg)
