I've always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn't been put into words and that the moment it's put into words it becomes exaggerated. Because the moment it's put into words there's an abuse, an excess in the expression of the idea that makes it false.
The supreme trick of mass insanity is that it persuades you that the only abnormal person is the one who refuses to join in the madness of others, th… - Eugene Ionesco
The supreme trick of mass insanity is that it persuades you that the only abnormal person is the one who refuses to join in the madness of others, th…
- Eugene Ionesco
I've always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn't been put into words and that the moment it's put into words … - Eugene Ionesco
I've always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn't been put into words and that the moment it's put into words …
All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat. - Eugene Ionesco
All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.
Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused. - Eugene Ionesco
Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.
Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. T… - Eugene Ionesco
Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. T…
Why was I born, if it wasn't forever? - Eugene Ionesco
Why was I born, if it wasn't forever?
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. - Eugene Ionesco
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art. - Eugene Ionesco
If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art.
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality. - Eugene Ionesco
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.
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