If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art.
Eugene IonescoTo become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
Eugene IonescoChildhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us.
Eugene IonescoThe supreme trick of mass insanity is that it persuades you that the only abnormal person is the one who refuses to join in the madness of others, the one who tries vainly to resist. We will never understand totalitarianism if we do not understand that people rarely have the strength to be uncommon.
Eugene Ionesco