Eugene Ionesco Quotes

I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.

Eugene Ionesco

• Theatre
• Stage
• Fountain

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  Eugene Ionesco
  • Theatre
  • Stage
  • Fountain