Creative Quotations from Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Samuel Beckett
(1906-1989) born on Apr 13

Irish playwright, novelist. He is best known for his play "Waiting for Godot," 1952; won the Noble Prize Literature, 1969.

Share |

Click Here for an explanation of the five components of Creative Quotations

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Enough," "Six Residua," 1978.
R:	Belacqua, in "Dream of Fair to Middling Women," 1932; published 1992.
A:	In "Samuel Beckett, a Biography," ch. 21, by Deirdre Bair, 1978.
N:	"Worstward Ho," 1984.
K:	"The Unnameable."