Signifier Quotes

10 quotes by 9 authors

• The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. — Ferdinand de Saussure
• Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the… — Franz Grillparzer
• As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success… — Julian Castro
• Woman, then, stands in patriarchal culture as a signifier for the male other, bound by a symbolic order in which man can live out his… — Laura Mulvey
• For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. — Jacques Lacan
• There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try… — Matthew McConaughey
• When I came out publicly, some photo editors had a field day searching for pictures of me with a limp wrist or some other stereotypical… — James McGreevey
• Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a… — Martha Plimpton
• The New Testament is a brutal destroyer of human illusions. If you follow Jesus and don't end up dead, it appears you have some explaining… — Terry Eagleton
• Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in relation… — Jacques Lacan

Who Wrote These Signifier Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 10 Signifier Quotes as follows:

• 2 Signifier Quotes by Jacques Lacan
• 1 Signifier Quote by Matthew McConaughey
• 1 Signifier Quote by James McGreevey
• 1 Signifier Quote by Martha Plimpton
• 1 Signifier Quote by Terry Eagleton
• 1 Signifier Quote by Ferdinand de Saussure
• 1 Signifier Quote by Franz Grillparzer
• 1 Signifier Quote by Julian Castro
• 1 Signifier Quote by Laura Mulvey