166 Quotes by Eugene Ionesco

What’s chivalrous about saying you’ve seen a rhinoceros?

It isn’t what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think.

I’ve always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn’t been put into words and that the moment it’s put into words it becomes exaggerated. Because the moment it’s put into words there’s an abuse, an excess in the expression of the idea that makes it false.

The critic should describe, and not prescribe...

People who don’t read are brutes.

I’ve always been suspicious of collective truths.

Why was I born, if it wasn’t forever?

DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where’s your imagination? There are many sides to reality. Choose the one that’s best for you. Escape into the world of imagination.

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I’d be a politician.