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.

Quote by Alfred Jarry

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It is conventional to call monster any blending of dissonant elements. I call monster every...

It is conventional to call monster any blending of dissonant elements. I call monster every...

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the...

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the...

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must...

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must...

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well....

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well....

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity

It is because the public are a mass -- inert, obtuse, and passive -- that...

It is because the public are a mass -- inert, obtuse, and passive -- that...

We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the...

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the...

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of...

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of...

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like...

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like...

I always get more applause than votes.

I always get more applause than votes.

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only...

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only...

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply...

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply...

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get.

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a...

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a...