Antonin Artaud

It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence read more

It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium read more

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him

With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that read more

With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

Where there is a stink of shit there is a smell of being

Where there is a stink of shit there is a smell of being