Roland Barthes Quote Explained: Thus every writer's motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am.

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I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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Tout ce qui est anachronique est obsce’ ne. Everything anachronistic is obscene.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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Architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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To eat steak rare . . . represents both a nature and a morality.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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Those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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How does meaning get into the image? Where does it end? And if it ends, what is there beyond?

- Roland Barthes

Literary theorist and philosopher

· France

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Thus every writer’s motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am.

Thus every writer’s motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Tout ce qui est anachronique est obsce’ ne. Everything anachronistic is obscene.

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

Architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience.

To eat steak rare . . . represents both a nature and a morality.

Those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere.

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

How does meaning get into the image? Where does it end? And if it ends, what is there beyond?

There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium!

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Thus every writer’s motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am.

Thus every writer’s motto reads: mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am.

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