The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.

A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship.

An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any system of government, an established form of expression is also a form of oppression. The avant-garde man is the opponent of an existing system.

That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.

You've always made the mistake of being yourself.

Describe a circle, stroke its back and it turns vicious.

If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and I may no longer know whether I still think what I think.