Provocation Quotes

“I am not interested in art that is not in the least bit dangerous.”

“If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”

“All writing is garbage.”

“I am not interested in an audience that is comfortable.”

“I am against the theatre of reassurance. I want a theatre that disturbs.”

“A theatre that does not provoke is a theatre that is dead.”

“My plays are entertainment, but I want them to be entertainment that makes you think, that disturbs you.”

“I think the theatre is a place for ideas and for challenging the audience.”

“I like to be topical, and I like to be challenging. I like to be provocative.”

“No one should ever work.”

“A play should not be a reassuring tranquilizer but a disturbing provocateur.”

“To be a composer is to be a kind of provocateur.”

“The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.”

“I don't want people to be comfortable when they read my work.”

“I hate entertainment. I don't think a filmmaker should be an entertainer. I think he should be a troublemaker.”

“Provocation is the part of the circus that I do best.”

“I'm not here to make you feel comfortable. I'm here to make you think.”

“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague... They make art impossible.”

“I love provocation. It's an art.”

“We are all zombies. Nobody is conscious.”