French - Critic | November 12, 1915 - March 26, 1980
The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning.
Roland Barthes
CultureMeaningRepetitionNewsNew
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
TheatreBetterShortLongNever
The New is not a fashion, it is a value.
ValueFashionNew
I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
PowerBlameGuiltDiscourseCall
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.
LieConfessionMythNorNeither
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
PassionImageWantsPublicItself
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.
SayingLiteratureWorthTroubleMust
The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!
GreatEndingShortTroubleClearly
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