Quotes by Ionesco, Eugene

Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, >>

For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completel >>

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their clic >>

Quotations about Illusion

What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is producti >>

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and d >>

Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmi >>

For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; as though there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart.

Ionesco, Eugene