Eugene Ionesco
Eugene Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict the solitude and insignificance of human existence in a tangible way...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth26 November 1909
CountryFrance
pessimistic obligation
Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.
writing mediocrity dangerous
Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.
despair great-ones
Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.
thinking people important
It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think
doctors captains ships
A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship.
boredom safe symptoms
Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security.
beauty death causes
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.
our-time
We have not the time to take our time.
god feels wells
God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don't feel so well myself.
laughing conscious masters
To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
death numbers people
There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.
childhood moments astonishing
Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing.
travel art adventure
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.
people brutes
People who don't read are brutes.