Georges Bataille Quotes


We did not lack modesty—on the contrary—but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.


Citations

Bataille, Georges. Story of the Eye. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, City Lights Books, 1987, p. 7.

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Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
  • Born: September 10, 1897
  • Died: July 9, 1962
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, consumerism, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.