Quote by Antonin Artaud

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea,

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This quote suggests that within every person perceived as "mad" lies a misunderstood genius whose brilliant ideas instill fear in others. These individuals, facing the stifling challenges that life has presented them, resort to delirium as a means of escaping the suffocating realities they encounter. It implies that their perceived insanity is a desperate, yet misunderstood, response to an environment that cannot fathom or accommodate their extraordinary minds.

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By Antonin Artaud

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