Who said “There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one…”?

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Antonin Artaud. A published source records them saying or writing it.

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“There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.”
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Artaud, A. (n.d.). There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/12530-there-are-souls-that-are-incurable-and-lost/

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Artaud, Antonin. “There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/12530-there-are-souls-that-are-incurable-and-lost/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Artaud, Antonin. “There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/12530-there-are-souls-that-are-incurable-and-lost/.