Literature is the question minus the answer.

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

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

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

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...

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...

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you...

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...