Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches. Eugene Ionesco More Quotes by Eugene Ionesco More Quotes From Eugene Ionesco Perhaps I abandoned criticism because I am full of contradictions, and when you write an essay, you are not supposed to contradict yourself. But in the theater, by inventing various characters, you can. My characters are contradictory not only in their language but in their behavior as well. Eugene Ionesco i-am yourself you language Culture cannot be separated from politics. The arts, philosophy and metaphysics, religion and the sciences, constitute culture. Politics are the science or art of organizing our relationships to allow for the development of life in society. Eugene Ionesco politics life science art I look out the chair while eating my pillow. I open the wall, I walk with my ears. I have ten eyes to walk with and two fingers to look with. I put my head on the floor to sit down, I put my bottom on the ceiling. After eating the music box, I spread jam on the rug for a great dessert. Eugene Ionesco walk eyes great music I have the vanity to think that every play I have written is different from the previous ones. Yet, even though they are written in a different way, they all deal with the same themes, the same preoccupations. 'Exit the King' is also 'The Bald Soprano.' Eugene Ionesco king think play way All theatre is absurd. Eugene Ionesco absurd theatre
