What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes
There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes
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. – Roland Barthes
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