Quote by: Georges Bataille

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.


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Author Bio


  • NameGeorges Bataille
  • DescriptionFrench intellectual and literary figure
  • BornSeptember 10, 1897
  • DiedJuly 9, 1962
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Anthropologist; Librarian; Poet; Novelist; Writer