Love is an attempt at

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Literature is the expression of

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.

Man does not speak because

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.

'Art' is an invention of

'Art' is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers. What we call art is a game.

Art is an invention of

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers. What we call art is a game.