"I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality."

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Source : Antonin Artaud, Susan Sontag (1976). “Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings”, p.59, Univ of California Press

Antonin Artaud

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“Iâ€™d ask you to hang out with us, but youâ€™re not supposed to see me this way.â€™â€¦ â€˜What way?â€™ I ask. â€˜Drunk?â€™ â€˜Yeahâ€¦well, no.â€™ His voice softens. â€˜Real, I guess.â€™ â€˜Iâ€™ll pretend I didnâ€™t.â€™ â€˜Nice of you.â€™ He puts his lips next to my ear and says, â€˜You look good, Tris.â€™â€¦ I laugh. â€˜Do me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?â€™ â€˜Of course.â€™ He winks at me.”
“Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.”
“If you truly believe in Jesus, it is for life. Saving faith is a life-long act.”
“But you are making assumptions without all the facts, and that's not a sign of intelligence.”
“I always wanted voice over to be part of my career. Even as a child, I'd watch cartoons and know that someone was doing the voices. When I moved to L.A., my hope was that I'd do on-camera work and voice over. I've ended up doing both, but the voice over side took off in a way that I didn't expect!!”

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“Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important.”
“As soon as we cease to pry about at random, we shall come to rely upon accredited bodies of authoritative dogma; and as soon as we come to rely upon accredited bodies of authoritative dogma, not only are the days of our liberty over, but we have lost the password that has hitherto opened to us the gates of success as well.”

Source : Learned Hand, Elizabethan Club (Yale University) (1941). “Liberty”
“It will be readily admitted that brown tints have never coursed beneath our skin; it will be discovered that yellow shines forth in our flesh, that red blazes, and that green, blue and violet dance upon it with untold charms, voluptuous and caressing.”

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