“Mr. Caragiale's work is original, his comedies put on stage some types from our social life and developes them with their characteristic signs”. T. Maiorescu

“Caragiale's destiny exemplary illustrates the case of the writer who is constantly fighting his contemporaries. Even if he did not manage to defeat them, he knew how to vex them. His appearance in romanian literature generated a lot of surprises and adversities”. Liviu Papadima

“Caragiale is a critic of any society. Special about him is the exceptional virulence of his criticism. Indeed, the human kind, as depicted by this author, doesn't deserve to exist. His characters aro so degraded, that they leave us no hope”. Eugene Ionesco - "Caragiale's portrait 1852-1912", Notes and counternotes