Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
Source: Jargon der Eigentlichkeit [Jargon of Authenticity] (1964), pp. 5-6
“I don’t set out to speak a comprehensible language. But my language is authentic.”
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
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William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
From A Note on Poetry (circa 1936) quoted in Modern American Poetry (1950) by Louis Untermeyer
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“I speak only one language, and it is not my own.”
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) French philosopher (1930-2004)
Source: Monolingualism of the Other: or, The Prosthesis of Origin
“My subconscious speaks in a foreign language.”
Deb Caletti (1963) American writer
Source: The Six Rules of Maybe
“The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.”
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
[31 December 2004, http://whedonesque.com/comments/5677, "David Greenwalt's 'Profit' coming to DVD in 2005", Whedonesque.com, 2008-08-29]
Richard Huelsenbeck (1892–1974) German poet
as quoted in The Sound of Poetry / The poetry of Sound, ed. Marjorie Perloff & Craig Dworkin; University of Chicago Press, 2009, p. 310, note 22
a critic on the sound-poetry of Dadaist Hugo Ball
“I learned to understand their language and to speak it a little.”
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) French novelist, dramatist, scientist and duelist
The Other World (1657)
Context: I learned to understand their language and to speak it a little. Immediately the news spread throughout the kingdom that two little wild men had been discovered. We were smaller than everybody else because the wilderness had provided us with such bad food. And it was a genetic defect that caused us to have forelimbs that weren't strong enough to support us.
This belief gained strength through repetition despite the priests of the country. They opposed it, saying that it was an awful impiety to believe that not only animals but monsters might be of the same species as they.
“The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.”
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer
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Caterina Davinio (1957) Italian writer
Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48