Samuel Beckett

dance think natural order

“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

all old tried failed fail better

“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

you earth cure

“You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

try again fail better

“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

word stain silence nothingness language

“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

mistakes life

“My mistakes are my life.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

nothing real

“Nothing is more real than nothing.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

fool blind eye ostrich see sand

“Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

shit neck do sing

“When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

love order dream silent still place last dust

“I love order. It's my dream. A world where all would be silent and still, and each thing in its last place, under the last dust.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

life long same questions answers

“All life long, the same questions, the same answers.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

confusion invention conversation mess renovation sense

“The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.”

― Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)