Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarrywas a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth8 September 1873
CountryFrance
goal
To be weird! That is my goal!
home fire joy
It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom
laughter discovery born
Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.
communication talking mind
Talking about things that are understandable only weighs down the mind.
water poison substance
Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.
zero distance infinity
God is the shortest distance from zero to infinity.
silence kind applause
The applause of silence. is the only kind that counts.
character passion new-life
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.
dying last-words please
I am dying. Please ... bring me a toothpick.
god zero infinity
God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.
blind free french-writer strength
Blind and unwavering indiscipline at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.
individuality lives outside
Our lives are without reason, nothing outside the individuality.
art crocodiles art-is
The work of art is a stuffed crocodile.