What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

Quote by Roland Barthes

Topics: Sarcasm Quotes

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 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...

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 New is not a fashion, it is a value.

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

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

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

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,...