Maurice Blanchot Quotes

Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist. His work had a strong influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Luc Nancy. Wikipedia

✵ 22. September 1907 – 20. February 2003 • Other names موريس بلانشو, מוריס בלאנשו

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Maurice Blanchot Quotes

“Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each work is the implementation of this original fault, from which comes a risky plenitude and new light.”

Maurice Blanchot

Art , Light , Drawing

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