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
taken made immortal
We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
spiritual expression needs
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
astonishment gateways explanation
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
trying
The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.
humorous years able
When I was born, I was almost fourteen years old. That's why I was able to understand more easily than most what it was all about.
being-yourself mistake made
You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
drama lying reality
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.
should critics
The critic should describe, and not prescribe....
illusions-of-grandeur people triviality
Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.
trying despair way
Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.
time ephemeral lasting
Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.