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Eugene Ionesco: The universe seems...

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The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish and euphoria; separate from the universe, as though placed at a certain distance outside it . . .

Source: Notes and Counter-Notes, pt. 2, Interviews: Brief Notes for Radio, 1962.
-- Eugene Ionesco, (Nov 26 1912-1994), Romanian-French dramatist; His one-act antiplay La Cantatrice Chauve, 1949 (The Bald Soprano) inspired a revolution in dramatic techniques including parody and slapstick.


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