Antonin Artaud
1896 - 1948
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Biography
Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, actor, and theatre director best known for his theory of the Theatre of Cruelty. He was a major figure in the avant-garde theatre movement and his work greatly influenced 20th-century theatre. Artaud's writings and performances were groundbreaking and often controversial, challenging conventional ideas of theatre and art. He struggled with mental health issues throughout his life and spent several years in psychiatric hospitals. Despite his personal struggles, his work continues to be studied and celebrated for its innovative and transformative approach.
Famous Quotes (5)
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No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell.
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It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
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I say we must give up the Old World to the flames.
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All true feeling is in reality untranslatable.
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The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything - gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness - rediscovers itself at precisely the point where the mind requires a language to express its manifestations.