To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there,...

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a...

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Birth was the death of him.

Birth was the death of him.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

Words are all we have.

Words are all we have.

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Do we mean love, when we say love?

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift,...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason,...