Living is abnormal (Pensees d'Ingres)
Eugene Ionesco quote No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Eugene Ionesco quote There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
Eugene Ionesco quote I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
Eugene Ionesco quote It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Eugene Ionesco quote Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches.
Eugene Ionesco quote A man with a soul is not like every other man.
Eugene Ionesco quote Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.
Eugene Ionesco quote Biography
French playwright