Critical Essays Quotes

“We often hear it said that it is the task of art to express the inexpressible: it is contrary which must be said (with no intention of paradox): the whole task of art is to unexpress the expressible, to kidnap from the world's language, which is the poor and powerful language of the passion, another speech, an exact speech.”
― Roland Barthes, Critical Essays

“La littérature ne permet pas de marcher, mais elle permet de respirer.”
― Roland Barthes, Critical Essays