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."

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.""