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“And there, sir, lies the entire problem, to have within oneself the inseparable reality and the material clarity of feeling, to have it in such a degree that the feeling cannot but express itself, to have a wealth of words and of formal constructions which can join in the dance, serve one's purpose—and at the very moment when the soul is about to organize its wealth, its discoveries, this revelation, at the unconscious moment when the thing is about to emanate, a higher and evil will attacks the soul like vitriol, attacks the word and image mass, attacks the mass of feeling and leaves me panting at the very door of life.”

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Book:Collected Works: Volume One
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Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, and theatre theorist, considered one of the most important theatre thinkers of the 20th century. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent theatrical movements, particularly his theory of 'Theatre of Cruelty'. Born on September 4, 1896, he passed away on March 4, 1948. more

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