--- title: "8 Power Relations Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Power Relations quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Power Relations sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/miranda-july-1600_artist_the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-pow_70745.jpg" --- > [The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that \[of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-power-relations-it-is-so-easy-in/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/miranda-july-1600_artist_the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-pow_70745.jpg) > [In some central and important cases, ... the existence of specific power relations in the society will produce an appearance of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-geuss/in-some-central-and-important-cases-the-existence-of-specific-power/) [Raymond Geuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-geuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/raymond-geuss-30809_action_in-some-central-and-important-cases-the_859366.jpg) > [There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/there-is-no-power-relation-without-the-correlative-constitution-of-a/) [Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/michel-foucault-1134_constitution_there-is-no-power-relation-without-the-c_1052149.jpg) > [Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phumzile-mlambo-ngcuka/power-relations-between-men-and-women-must-change-profoundly-men-must/) [Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phumzile-mlambo-ngcuka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/phumzile-mlambo-ngcuka-29042_ceo_power-relations-between-men-and-women-mu_1206235.jpg) > [“One lesson to be derived from the study of institutional facts is this: everything we value in civilization requires the creation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rogers-searle/one-lesson-to-be-derived-from-the-study-of-institutional-facts-is/) [John Rogers Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rogers-searle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/john-rogers-searle-29417_education_one-lesson-to-be-derived-from-the-study_1471402.jpg) > [“power relations that transformed figments of imagination into cruel – and very real – social structures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/power-relations-that-transformed-figments-of-imagination-into-cruel/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/yuval-noah-harari-100_imagination_power-relations-that-transformed-figment_1735420.jpg) > [Ideology is a certain unique experience of the universe and your place in it, to put it in standard terms, which serves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/ideology-is-a-certain-unique-experience-of-the-universe-and-your/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/slavoj-i-ek-1738_blah_ideology-is-a-certain-unique-experience_1813822.jpg) > [“To sum up what is most crucial in Japanese political culture: the Japanese have never been encouraged to think that the force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-van-wolferen/to-sum-up-what-is-most-crucial-in-japanese-political-culture-the/) [Karel Van Wolferen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-van-wolferen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/karel-van-wolferen-107981_aspects-of-life_to-sum-up-what-is-most-crucial-in-japane_2150846.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/power-relations/#itemlist", "name": "Power Relations Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an artist and a gallery manager], to imagine that the other person is living a perfect life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miranda July" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-power-relations-it-is-so-easy-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/miranda-july-1600_artist_the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-pow_70745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/miranda-july-1600_artist_the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-pow_70745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/miranda-july-1600_artist_the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-pow_70745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that [of an…” — Miranda July", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In some central and important cases, ... the existence of specific power relations in the society will produce an appearance of a particular kind. 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