Roland Barthes Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: November 12, 1915 - March 25, 1980
Birthday: November 12
Death: March 25
If I acknowledge my dependency, I do so because for me it is a means of signifying my demand: in the realm of love, futility is not a "weakness" or an "absurdity": it is a strong sign: the more futile, the more it signifies and the more it asserts itself as strength.)
source: Roland Barthes (1990). “A lover's discourse: fragments”, Penguin Books
topic: Strong, Mean, Weakness, Dependency, Signifying
