Georges Bataille

Quotes

• “Inner experience … is not easily accessible and, viewed from the outside by intelligence, it would even be necessary to see in it a sum of distinct operations, some intellectual, others aesthetic, yet others moral.”

• “I used to shut my eyes and let it shine redly through my lids. The sun was fantastic – it evoked dreams of explosion.”

• “All eroticism has a sacramental character.”

• “Inevitably linked with the moment of climax, there is a minor rupture suggestive of death; and conversely the idea of death may play a part in setting sensuality in motion.”

• “All that I had loved during my life rose up like a graveyard of white tombs, in a lunar, spectral light. Fundamentally, this graveyard was a brothel.”

Books by Georges Bataille in order

Books by Georges Bataille in the order they were published, from Story of the Eye (1928) to The Sacred Conspiracy (2018).

1. 1Story of the EyeStory of the Eye1928
2. 2Inner ExperienceInner Experience1943
3. 3L'Abbe CL'Abbe C1950
4. 4Lascaux; : Or, The Birth of ArtLascaux; : Or, The Birth of Art1955
5. 5Bleu du cielBleu du ciel1957
6. 6EroticismEroticism1957
7. 7Literature and EvilLiterature and Evil1957
8. 8Les Larmes d'ÉrosLes Larmes d'Éros1961
9. 9Death and SensualityDeath and Sensuality1962
10. 10The ImpossibleThe Impossible1962
11. 11Trial of Gilles De RaisTrial of Gilles De Rais1965
12. 12Théorie De La ReligionThéorie De La Religion1973
13. 13Visions of ExcessVisions of Excess1985
14. 14ErotismErotism1986
15. 15GuiltyGuilty1988
16. 16The Tears of ErosThe Tears of Eros1988
17. 17My Mother ; Madame Edwarda ; and, The Dead ManMy Mother ; Madame Edwarda ; and, The Dead Man1989
18. 18Accursed Share, Vol. 1Accursed Share, Vol. 11991
19. 19The Absence of MythThe Absence of Myth1994
20. 20The Collected Poems of Georges BatailleThe Collected Poems of Georges Bataille1998
21. 21The Cradle of HumanityThe Cradle of Humanity2004
22. 22Erotismo, ElErotismo, El2009
23. 23Blue of NoonBlue of Noon2015
24. 24The Sacred ConspiracyThe Sacred Conspiracy2018