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Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.
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