The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics. Eugene Ionesco actartistbelong Change image and share on social
My plays have been performed before children, workers, and peasants, and they have well understood the meaning of my theatre. What is needed for people to watch my theatre is a freshness and openness of mind. Eugene Ionesco childfreshnessmean share on social
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. Eugene Ionesco abolishabsolutecondition share on social
You can only predict things after they have happened. Eugene Ionesco happenpredictthing Change image and share on social
Often, alas, the most detestable kind of bourgeois is the anti-bourgeois kind of bourgeois. Eugene Ionesco alaantibourgeois Change image and share on social
The critic should describe, and not prescribe. Eugene Ionesco criticdescribeprescribe Change image and share on social
Cut off from his religious, metaphysical and transcendental roots, man is lost; all his actions become senseless, absurd, useless. Eugene Ionesco absurdactioncut Change image and share on social