Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
SAMUEL BECKETTArt has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.
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There’s never an end for the sea.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
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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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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.
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Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
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That desert of loneliness and recrimination that men call love.
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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I gave up before birth.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
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