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“When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made.”

I feel like Beckett figured out exactly what he wanted to say with his first play and every dramatic work afterward was a challenge to say it with as little effort or words as possible.

The central thesis of the entirety of his dramatic works: It’s stupid (and absurd) to try to find meaning in life.

He’s like the Michael Haneke of playwrights, we’re being punished for wanting to be entertained by a play.