For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.

Quote by Roland Barthes

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Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its...

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its...

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is...

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is...

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress,...

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress,...

New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices,...

New York... is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices,...

The photographic image... is a message without a code.

The photographic image... is a message without a code.

Inexpressible Love: To know that one does not write for the other, to know that...

Inexpressible Love: To know that one does not write for the other, to know that...

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not...

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not...

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to...

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to...

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to...

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself

The New is not a fashion, it is a value.

The New is not a fashion, it is a value.

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress,...

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress,...

Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness...

Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness...

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall...

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall...

Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.

Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.