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Inspirational Quotes by Eugene Ionesco
- You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
- It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to…
- It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.
- Why was I born, if it wasn't forever?
- A man with a soul is not like every other man.
- A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
- The critic should describe, and not prescribe....
- It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind,
- A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
- The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia in the month of June is only a half-light when one compares it…
- I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.
- All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.
- To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
- We haven't the time to take out time.
- Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing.
- Dreams are reality at its most profound.
- Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.
- Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.
- We have not the time to take our time.
- Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.
- It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
- Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
- You can only predict things after they have happened.
- I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
- People who don't read are brutes.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento