What did Roland Barthes mean by: Thus every writer’s motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am. Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France Copy
+ Architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Dream, Function, Utopia, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ How does meaning get into the image? Where does it end? And if it ends, what is there beyond? Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Beyond, Image, Meaning, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ Man does not exist prior to language, either as a species or as an individual. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Existence, Identity, Language, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ He who reads a story only once is condemned to read the same story his whole life. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Growth, Learning, Repetition, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ Tout refus du langage est une mort. Any refusal of language is a death. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Roland Barthes, Acceptance, Communication, Mortality, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ Tout ce qui est anachronique est obsce’ ne. Everything anachronistic is obscene. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Critique, Morality, Time, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ Is not the most erotic part of the body wherever the clothing affords a glimpse? Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Desire, Provocation, Sensuality, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
+ There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Alienation, Escape, Retreat, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said. Louise Bourgeois Sculptor · France
If there wasn’t a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
