"I am interested in language because it wounds…" — Roland Barthes

"I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me."

— Roland Barthes

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122 Quotes by Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes has 122 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget…
There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been…
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both…
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the…
Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of…
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but…
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and…
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the…
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an…
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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