The pendulum oscillates between these two terms: Suffering-that opens a window on the real and is the main condition of the artistic experience, and Boredom ... that must be considered as the most tolerable because the most durable of human evils.
Samuel BeckettTo find a form that accommodates the shape of the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
Samuel BeckettThe tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain.
Samuel BeckettI have always been amazed at my contemporariesโ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.
Samuel Beckett