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.
SAMUEL BECKETTBut at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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I use the words you taught me. If they don’t mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto.
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There’s something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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I gave up before birth.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even to me who knew what was intended.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.
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