Georges Bataille Quotes

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

We're all complex creatures, and we shouldn't have to pick one thing to be passionate about. Life isn't black and white, so we shouldn't live that way.

In football in this country, we want to be able to check off every box of a soccer player. You have to be good at this and this and this. Because of our society, and the way that I grew up in soccer, I had to become well-rounded-but I also cherished the parts of me that made me special.

The work of a man is the explanation of the man.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

You do not need to be different from who you are. You only need to be more of the person you already are.

I feel like it's impossible to be completely yourself, because you'll always get bored; you have to push your own limits.

Chacun peut e prouver en soi ce double mouvement: de s ir de s'inte grer a' la socie te , besoin de se re aliser par soi-me" me en dehors d'elle. We all have this double impulse within ourselves: the desire to integrate into society, and the need to fulfil ourselves outside of it, through our own efforts.

Everlastingly chained to a single little fragment of the Whole, man himself develops into nothing but a fragment; everlastingly in his ear the monotonous sound of the wheel that he turns, he never develops the harmony of his being, and instead of putting the stamp of humanity upon his own nature, he becomes nothing more than the imprint of his occupation or of his specialized knowledge.

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.

If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

The young people have a phrase for this now, which is "slay in your lane." That's a very important principle of writing. You have to work out what it is you can't do, obscure it, and focus on what works.

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.

A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.

The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.