The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!

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 New is not a fashion, it is a value.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to...

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck; washing His feet with tears,...

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck; washing His feet with tears,...