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Quote by Antonin Artaud
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a begga

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud

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Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape. – Antonin Artaud

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Escape, Escapism
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Antonin Artaud
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Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. – Antonin Artaud

Category:
Poetry
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Antonin Artaud
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Oaths are but words, and words but wind. – Samuel Butler (1612-1680), Hudribas

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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Language

To have another language is to possess a second soul. – Charlemagne

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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. – Robert Burchfield

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Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. – Jenni Rivera

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