I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself.
Georges Bataille Quotes
1897–1962 France
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art.
- France
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- Novelists
- Philosophers
Also known as: Bataille, George bataille
39 quotes
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.
L’Expérience Intérieure (1943)
All eroticism has a sacramental character.
Erotism: Death and Sensuality (1962)
To choose evil is to choose freedom—“freedom, emancipation from all restraint.”
On Nietzsche (1945)
Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others’ ends.
On Nietzsche (1945)
There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image.
Erotism: Death and Sensuality (1962)
On Nietzsche (1945)
On Nietzsche (1945)
On Nietzsche (1945)
An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being.
On Nietzsche (1945)
The Solar Anus (1927)
Erotism: Death and Sensuality (1962)
L’Expérience Intérieure (1943)
On Nietzsche (1945)
The Solar Anus (1927)
The total person is first disclosed … in areas of life that are lived frivolously.
On Nietzsche (1945)
If I give up the viewpoint of action, my perfect nakedness is revealed to me.
On Nietzsche (1945)
Entirety exists within me as exuberance … in empty longing … in … the desire to burn with desire.
On Nietzsche (1945)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georges Bataille (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.