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
    What's in it (3)

    • A Story of Rats
    • Dianus
    • The Oresteia
11. 11The Cradle of HumanityThe Cradle of Humanity2004
12. 12Erotismo, ElErotismo, El2009
13. 13Blue of NoonBlue of Noon2015
14. 14The Sacred ConspiracyThe Sacred Conspiracy2018
15. 15Accursed Share, Vol. 1Accursed Share, Vol. 1
16. 16ErotismErotism
17. 17GuiltyGuilty
18. 18My Mother ; Madame Edwarda ; and, The Dead ManMy Mother ; Madame Edwarda ; and, The Dead Man
19. 19The Absence of MythThe Absence of Myth
20. 20The Collected Poems of Georges BatailleThe Collected Poems of Georges Bataille
21. 21The Tears of ErosThe Tears of Eros
22. 22Théorie De La ReligionThéorie De La Religion
23. 23Trial of Gilles De RaisTrial of Gilles De Rais
24. 24Visions of ExcessVisions of Excess