To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form

Quote by Alfred Jarry

Topics: Traditions Quotes

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.

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...

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...

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity

The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough...

The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough...

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.

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.

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....

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...

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

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.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way...

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way...

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...

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...

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...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its 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 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.