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

Quote by Roland Barthes

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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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

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...

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending...

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...