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Madness Quotes by Michel Foucault
- Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the…
- And more than once in the course of time, the same theme reappears: among the mystics of the fifteenth century, it has become the motif…
- Psychoanalysis can unravel some of the forms of madness; it remains a stranger to the sovereign enterprise of unreason. It can neither limit nor transcribe,…
- The language of psychiatry is a monologue of reason about madness
More Madness Quotes
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- Where there is injury let me sow pardon. — Francis of Assisi
- When love is not madness, it is not love. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column. — Dave Barry
- I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that. — Kate Beckinsale
- Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. — Saul Bellow
- I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans.… — Justin Bieber
- Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. — Ambrose Bierce
- Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. — Ambrose Bierce
- Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. — Josh Billings