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Alfred Jarry [1873-1907] French

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Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, and his mother was from Brittany. He was associated with the Symbolist movement.

Beauty, God, Strength

Quote	Tags	Rank
God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.	God	101
We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.		102
Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.	Strength	103
It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.	Beauty	104
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.		105
Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.		106
We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.		107

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