Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckettwas a French-Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth13 April 1906
CityFoxrock, Ireland
CountryIreland
silence
Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on
silence darkness certain
Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one.
silence gone awful
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence.
silence kind fine
Silence, yes, but what silence! For it is all very fine to keep silence, but one has also to consider the kind of silence one keeps.
silence identity goes-on
Where am I, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
writing silence matter
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
silence language quiet
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
silence blind
POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future.
silence roles silence-is
To restore silence is the role of objects.
butterfly men silence
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
silence looks
Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
generous thieves
For why be discouraged, one of thieves was saved, that is a generous percentage.
remain
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
suffering artistic conditions
Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience.