Roland Barthes ( 5 of 5 )
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
Literature is the question minus the answer.
Literature is the question minus the answer.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and read more
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque.
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the read more
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
