If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0
However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practise to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0
Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0
All true language<br>is incomprehensible,<br>Like the chatter<br>of a beggar’s teeth.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0
Where there is a stink of shit<br>there is a smell of being.
Antonin Artaud, CC BY-SA 4.0

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