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Georges Bataille Quotes

Georges Bataille quotes

French Writer, Philosopher September 16, 1897 – July 9, 1962

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The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives. Georges Bataille
Only literature could reveal the process of breaking the law - without which the law would have no end - independently of the necessity to create order. Georges Bataille
If ultimately there was a tantalizing rectitude about her, she was none the less cunning: her exceeding gentleness, howbeit mitigated sometimes by the disturbing oppressiveness that foretells a storm in the air, left me utterly blind. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to..."
Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to elude us. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely..."
The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent..."
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we..."
We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everything and that we will die. Georges Bataille
The fact is, that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind . . . From the very first he set before the consciousness things which it could not tolerate. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things."
Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. Georges Bataille
I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure precisely to the extent it brought me to despair? Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "We did not lack modesty—on the contrary—but something urgently..."
We did not lack modesty—on the contrary—but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible. Georges Bataille
It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion."
Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion. Georges Bataille
Under the present conditions, everything conspires to obscure the basic movement that tends to restore wealth to its function, to gift-giving, to squandering without reciprocation. Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille quote: "You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp."
You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp. Georges Bataille

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