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Antonin Artaud Quotes: So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.
         

So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.


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Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life.





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