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Jean Genet Quotes

When we see life, we call it beautiful. When we see death, we call it ugly. But it is more beautiful still to see oneself living at great speed, right up to the moment of death Picture Quote #1

Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell Picture Quote #1

In order to weep, I had descended to the realm of the dead themselves, to their secret chambers, led by the invisible but soft hands of birds down stairways which were folded up again as I advanced. I displayed my grief in the friendly fields of death, far from men: within myself Picture Quote #1

Erotic play discloses a nameless world which is revealed by the nocturnal language of lovers. Such language is not written down. It is whispered into the ear at night in a hoarse voice. At dawn it is forgotten Picture Quote #1

Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of an invulnerable singularity Picture Quote #1

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them Picture Quote #1

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By stretching language we’ll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide Picture Quote #1

The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad Picture Quote #1

The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice Picture Quote #1

Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: They can breathe it Picture Quote #1

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun Picture Quote #1

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness Picture Quote #1

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Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all Picture Quote #1

I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty Picture Quote #1

Thereafter, he ennobled shame. He bore it in my presence like a burden, like a tiger clinging to his shoulders, the threat of which imparted to his shoulders a most insolent submissiveness Picture Quote #1

When I got to the street, I walked boldly. But I was always accompanied by an agonizing thought: the fear that honest people may be thieves who have chosen a cleverer and safer way of stealing Picture Quote #1

One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house Picture Quote #1

You must now go home, where everything - you can be quite sure - will be falser than here.... You must go now. You'll leave by the right, through the alley Picture Quote #1

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If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy Picture Quote #1

On him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body Picture Quote #1

He did not joke, as the newspapers dared report, for sarcasm is bitter and conceals ferments of despair Picture Quote #1

Even there, intimacy evolved its alchemy. A solemn marble stairway led to corridors covered with red carpets, upon which one moved noiselessly Picture Quote #1

My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught Picture Quote #1

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute it's real history. The same is true of man Picture Quote #1

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Limited by the world, which I oppose, jagged by it, I shall be all the more handsome and sparkling as the angles which wound me and give me shape are more acute and the jagging more cruel Picture Quote #1

Beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments Picture Quote #1

Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist Picture Quote #1

What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see negroes hanging from it's branches Picture Quote #1

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle Picture Quote #1

There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter Picture Quote #1

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When we see life, we call it beautiful. When we see death, we call it ugly. But it is more beautiful still to see oneself living at great speed, right up to the moment of death (Jean Genet Quotes) Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell (Jean Genet Quotes) In order to weep, I had descended to the realm of the dead themselves, to their secret chambers, led by the invisible but soft hands of birds down stairways which were folded up again as I advanced. I displayed my grief in the friendly fields of death, far from men: within myself (Jean Genet Quotes) Erotic play discloses a nameless world which is revealed by the nocturnal language of lovers. Such language is not written down. It is whispered into the ear at night in a hoarse voice. At dawn it is forgotten (Jean Genet Quotes) Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of an invulnerable singularity (Jean Genet Quotes) The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them (Jean Genet Quotes) By stretching language we’ll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide (Jean Genet Quotes) The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad (Jean Genet Quotes) The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice (Jean Genet Quotes) Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: They can breathe it (Jean Genet Quotes) Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun (Jean Genet Quotes) A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness (Jean Genet Quotes) Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all (Jean Genet Quotes) I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty (Jean Genet Quotes) Thereafter, he ennobled shame. He bore it in my presence like a burden, like a tiger clinging to his shoulders, the threat of which imparted to his shoulders a most insolent submissiveness (Jean Genet Quotes) When I got to the street, I walked boldly. But I was always accompanied by an agonizing thought: the fear that honest people may be thieves who have chosen a cleverer and safer way of stealing (Jean Genet Quotes) One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house (Jean Genet Quotes) You must now go home, where everything - you can be quite sure - will be falser than here.... You must go now. You'll leave by the right, through the alley (Jean Genet Quotes) If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy (Jean Genet Quotes) On him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body (Jean Genet Quotes) He did not joke, as the newspapers dared report, for sarcasm is bitter and conceals ferments of despair (Jean Genet Quotes) Even there, intimacy evolved its alchemy. A solemn marble stairway led to corridors covered with red carpets, upon which one moved noiselessly (Jean Genet Quotes) My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught (Jean Genet Quotes) Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute it's real history. The same is true of man (Jean Genet Quotes) Limited by the world, which I oppose, jagged by it, I shall be all the more handsome and sparkling as the angles which wound me and give me shape are more acute and the jagging more cruel (Jean Genet Quotes) Beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments (Jean Genet Quotes) Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist (Jean Genet Quotes) What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see negroes hanging from it's branches (Jean Genet Quotes) A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle (Jean Genet Quotes) There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter (Jean Genet Quotes)

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