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Samuel Beckett Quotes

In reality we are one and all from the unthinkable first to the no less unthinkable last glued together in a vast imbrication of flesh without breach or fissure Picture Quote #1

The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again Picture Quote #1

The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on to be a hundred Picture Quote #1

Name, no, nothing is nameable, tell, no, nothing can be told, what then, I don’t know, I shouldn’t have begun Picture Quote #1

Over, over, there is a soft place in my heart for all that is over, no, for the being over, words have been my only loves, not many Picture Quote #1

Never but the one matter. The dead and gone. The dying and going. From the word go Picture Quote #1

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My notes have a curious tendency, as I realize at last, to annihilate all they purport to record Picture Quote #1

The situation is that of him who is helpless, cannot act, in the event cannot paint, since he is obliged to paint. The act is of him who, helpless, unable to act, acts, in the event paints, since he is obliged to paint Picture Quote #1

Until the day when, your endurance gone, in this world for you without arms, you catch up in yours the first mangy cur you meet, carry it for the time needed for it to love it and you it, then throw it away Picture Quote #1

You are not satisfied unless form is so strictly divorced from content that you can comprehend the one without almost without bothering to read the other Picture Quote #1

All that is active, all that is enveloped in time and space, is endowed with what might be described as an abstract, ideal and absolute impermeability Picture Quote #1

Watt’s concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality Picture Quote #1

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What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening Picture Quote #1

What is this love that more than all the cursed deadly or any other of its great movers so moves the soul and soul what is this soul that more than by any of its great movers is by love so moved? Picture Quote #1

Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one Picture Quote #1

I want very much to be back in the caul, on my back in the dark forever Picture Quote #1

Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results Picture Quote #1

I speak for an art... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road Picture Quote #1

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As it is with the love of the body, so with the friendship of the mind, the full is only reached by admittance to the most retired places Picture Quote #1

What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can. But mostly I shall use the various tenses of the past. For mostly I do not know, it is perhaps no longer so, it is too soon toknow, I simply do not know, perhaps shall never know Picture Quote #1

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo Picture Quote #1

Let me go to hell, that’s all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss Picture Quote #1

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world Picture Quote #1

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence Picture Quote #1

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Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must Picture Quote #1

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh Picture Quote #1

There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet Picture Quote #1

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more Picture Quote #1

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now Picture Quote #1

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? Picture Quote #1

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In reality we are one and all from the unthinkable first to the no less unthinkable last glued together in a vast imbrication of flesh without breach or fissure (Samuel Beckett Quotes) The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again (Samuel Beckett Quotes) The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on to be a hundred (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Name, no, nothing is nameable, tell, no, nothing can be told, what then, I don’t know, I shouldn’t have begun (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Over, over, there is a soft place in my heart for all that is over, no, for the being over, words have been my only loves, not many (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Never but the one matter. The dead and gone. The dying and going. From the word go (Samuel Beckett Quotes) My notes have a curious tendency, as I realize at last, to annihilate all they purport to record (Samuel Beckett Quotes) The situation is that of him who is helpless, cannot act, in the event cannot paint, since he is obliged to paint. The act is of him who, helpless, unable to act, acts, in the event paints, since he is obliged to paint (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Until the day when, your endurance gone, in this world for you without arms, you catch up in yours the first mangy cur you meet, carry it for the time needed for it to love it and you it, then throw it away (Samuel Beckett Quotes) You are not satisfied unless form is so strictly divorced from content that you can comprehend the one without almost without bothering to read the other (Samuel Beckett Quotes) All that is active, all that is enveloped in time and space, is endowed with what might be described as an abstract, ideal and absolute impermeability (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Watt’s concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality (Samuel Beckett Quotes) What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening (Samuel Beckett Quotes) What is this love that more than all the cursed deadly or any other of its great movers so moves the soul and soul what is this soul that more than by any of its great movers is by love so moved? (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Silence and darkness were all I craved. Well, I get a certain amount of both. They being one (Samuel Beckett Quotes) I want very much to be back in the caul, on my back in the dark forever (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results (Samuel Beckett Quotes) I speak for an art... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road (Samuel Beckett Quotes) As it is with the love of the body, so with the friendship of the mind, the full is only reached by admittance to the most retired places (Samuel Beckett Quotes) What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can. But mostly I shall use the various tenses of the past. For mostly I do not know, it is perhaps no longer so, it is too soon toknow, I simply do not know, perhaps shall never know (Samuel Beckett Quotes) I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Let me go to hell, that’s all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence (Samuel Beckett Quotes) Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must (Samuel Beckett Quotes) The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh (Samuel Beckett Quotes) There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet (Samuel Beckett Quotes) They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more (Samuel Beckett Quotes) To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now (Samuel Beckett Quotes) We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? (Samuel Beckett Quotes)

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