Alfred Jarry quotes

Alfred Jarry was a French writer, best known for his absurdist play "Ubu Roi." His works laid the groundwork for later movements such as Dadaism and Surrealism. He is remembered as a pioneer of avant-garde literature and theatrical innovation. Here are 13 of his quotes:

It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty. (Alfred Jarry)
It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom. View quote
Alfred Jarry
The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. [L'objet d'art, par définition, est le crocodile empaillé. ] (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965). View quote
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God is the tangential point between zero and infinity. View quote
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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. View quote
Alfred Jarry
The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. View quote
Alfred Jarry
Dawn was breaking, like the light from another world. View quote
Alfred Jarry
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Clichés are the armature of the Absolute. (Source: Alfred Jarry, Selected Works, edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Cape, London, 1965). View quote
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Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men. (Alfred Jarry)
Clichés are the armature of the Absolute. View quote
Alfred Jarry
We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts. View quote
Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry - Image
Occupation: French Writer
Born: September 8, 1873
Died: November 1, 1907
Quotes count: 13
Wikipedia: Alfred Jarry

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