"Eiffel saw his Tower in the form of……" — Roland Barthes
"Eiffel saw his Tower in the form of a serious object, rational, useful; men return it to him in the form of a great baroque dream which quite naturally touches on the borders of the irrational ... architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience."
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122 Quotes by Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes has 122 quotes on this site.
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A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.
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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget…
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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
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I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been…
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To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both…
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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the…
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Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of…
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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but…
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There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and…
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To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the…
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Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an…
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Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious…
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The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.
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All over the world, young men and young women will always dream dreams.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.
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You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true
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Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was…
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries…
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Remember to always dream. More importantly, work hard to make those dreams come true and never give up.
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I always dream a painting like that, with a group of lively figures of the pals.
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I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but…
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As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.
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I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But…
— Susan Orlean
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your…
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