Skip to content

Quote by Samuel Beckett

“And in spite of all the pains I had lavished on these problems, I was more than ever stupefied by the complexity of this innumerable dance, involving doubtless other determinants of which I had not the slightest idea. And I said, with rapture, Here is something I can study all my life, and never…” quote by Samuel Beckett — Download Open image

““And in spite of all the pains I had lavished on these problems, I was more than ever stupefied by the complexity of this innumerable dance, involving doubtless other determinants of which I had not the slightest idea. And I said, with rapture, Here is something I can study all my life, and never understand.””

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings)

More by Samuel Beckett

“It was December, I had never felt so cold, the eel soup lay heavy on my stomach, I was afraid I'd die, I turned…

Image

“To be always what I am - and so changed from what I was.”

Image

To what will love not stoop!

Image

With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.

Image

“You may say it is all in my head, and indeed sometimes it seems to me I am in a head and that these…

Image

“Here he stood. Here he sat. Here he knelt. Here he lay. Here he moved, to and fro, from the door to the window,…

Image

What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in…

Image

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

Image

It is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to…

Image

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Image

The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way.…

Image

I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us…

Image

Explore all 610 Samuel Beckett quotes