Georges Bataille Quotes on Love
Georges Bataille was a French philosopher, novelist, and librarian whose work occupied a singular position at the edges of surrealism, sociology, and the history of religions. This page collects quotes attributed to Georges Bataille on the topic of love, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Georges Bataille:
“Eroticism is the assenting to life up to the point of death.”
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Attributed to Georges Bataille:
“Communication takes place through the wound, not through the seal.”
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“Love then screams in my own throat; I am the Jesuve, the filthy parody of the torrid and blinding sun.”
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“Love expresses a need for sacrifice each unity must lose itself in some other which exceeds it. In erotic frenzy the being is led to tear itself apart and lose itself.”
Visions of Excess: Selected Writings 1927-1939