Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.

Quote by Roland Barthes

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

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

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...

To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.

To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.

I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life,...

I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life,...

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...

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of...

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of...

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

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

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

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...

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long...

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long...

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

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

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

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...

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.

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...

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if...

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,...

Love is a wild bird that no one can tame It's useless to chase it...

Love is a wild bird that no one can tame It's useless to chase it...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase