Michel Serres Quotes on Knowledge
Michel Serres was a French philosopher of communication and science, a member of the Academie francaise, and one of the most idiosyncratic stylists of late-twentieth-century French thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Michel Serres on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Michel Serres:
“There is no communication without parasites.”
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“To know is to set out; all knowledge is travel.”
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“To teach is to invent.”
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“Noise is the basis of order.”
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“We have changed worlds: we live now in a world of soft objects, of relations, and of code.”
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“On what drives her to write in “An Interview with Michele Serros, April 2013” (Orange Monkey Publishing)”
I understand that many people believe that writers write from their heart or from their soul. I write from the nagging pit of my gut, to make the stomachache go away. -
“The most authentic me would, again, be the voice behind the short stories and poetry. The least “me” would be the script writer and the author of some magazine pieces I’ve written that have been, basically, paycheck pieces. After so many rewrites and editorial suggestions (i.e. changes) prompted by NY-based mainstream magazine editors whom I’ve never met, my voice definitely gets lost along the way.”
On whom she considers the authentic “Michele” in “An Interview with Michele Serros, April 2013” (Orange Monkey Publishing) -
“On whom she considers the authentic “Michele” in “An Interview with Michele Serros, April 2013” (Orange Monkey Publishing)”
The most authentic me would, again, be the voice behind the short stories and poetry. The least “me” would be the script writer and the author of some magazine pieces I’ve written that have been, basically, paycheck pieces. After so many rewrites and editorial suggestions (i.e. changes) prompted by NY-based mainstream magazine editors whom I’ve never met, my voice definitely gets lost along the wa -
“I relished the fact that I was a fourth-generation Californian, but not looking like the stereotypical blond beach girl…I always felt like an outsider.”
On not fitting the stereotypical California mold (as quoted in “Remembering 'Generation Mex' Writer And Proud Outsider Michele Serros” in NPR ; 2015 Jan 7) -
“On not fitting the stereotypical California mold (as quoted in “Remembering 'Generation Mex' Writer And Proud Outsider Michele Serros” in NPR ; 2015 Jan 7)”
I relished the fact that I was a fourth-generation Californian, but not looking like the stereotypical blond beach girl…I always felt like an outsider. -
“On what she set out to write as a young adult novelist (as quoted in “Remembering 'Generation Mex' Writer And Proud Outsider Michele Serros” in NPR ; 2015 Jan 7)”
I grew up reading a lot of young adult novels. And being an author and speaker and going into middle schools and high schools, I was seeing a lot of the same books that I read, and they followed a similar theme and that's a theme I like to call the three B's: It was always about barrios, borders or bodegas. And I wanted to present a different type of life — a life that truly goes on that we don't