Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
Contemporary poetry ... tries to transform the sign back into meaning: its ideal, ultimately, would be to reach not the meaning of… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Language is a signifier - it points to something. But those somethings change sometimes. Where the line comes down is that change… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“We will never ask what a book means, as signified or signifier; we will not look for anything to understand i n… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
