Alfred Jarry Quotes

Alfred Jarry — French Writer born on September 08, 1873, died on November 01, 1907

Alfred Jarry was a French Symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi . He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics... (wikipedia)

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.

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.

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

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.

Alfred Jarry Quotes

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