Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
SAMUEL BECKETTYou’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
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There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.
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But I was not made for the great light that devours, a dim lamp was all I had been given, and patience without end, to shine it on the empty shadows.
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Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great indifference, never really to be troubled by anything again.
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.
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All life long, the same questions, the same answers.
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Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.
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I gave up before birth.
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