Quotes from book
Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

Gilles Deleuze Original title Francis Bacon : logique de la sensation (French, 1981)

Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation is a 1981 book by the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, in which the author creates novel concepts related to art, aesthetics, percepts and sensation through the example of the work of the celebrated English painter Francis Bacon. It was translated into English by Daniel W. Smith.


“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”

Source: Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

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