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

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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which...

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature