Maurice Blanchot quotes

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud. (Maurice Blanchot)
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it. View quote
Maurice Blanchot
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. View quote
Maurice Blanchot