Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.

The work of art is a stuffed crocodile.

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.

It is because the public are a mass inert, obtuse, and passive that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they are and also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.

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

To be weird! That is my goal!

Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.