Quotes by Barthes, Roland

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, henc >>

The photographic image... is a message without a code. >>

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble >>

Quotations about Literature

The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers >>

Remarks are not literature. >>

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. >>

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

Barthes, Roland