God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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Mama Ubu: Poor unfortunate, when I’m in the soup who’ll patch the seat of your pants?

line from Ubu the King, Act I, Scene 1, script by Alfred Jarry (1896), translated by Patrick Whittaker
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Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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It is conventional to call ""monster"" any blending of dissonant elements. I call ""monster"" every original inexhaustible beauty.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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Papa Ubu: Ah, dirt! Isn’t injustice just as worthy as justice? Ah, you abuse me, Mama Ubu. I’m going to cut you into little pieces!

line from Ubu the King, Act III, Scene 1, script by Alfred Jarry (1896), translated by Patrick Whittaker
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We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

quote by Alfred Jarry
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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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