"It is not the sleep of reason that produces monsters but more than anything else rationality, vigilant and unsleeping."
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Anti-Oedipus
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"If our auditory imaginations were sufficiently tuned to plumb and sound a vowel, to unite the most primitive and civilized associations, the word 'undine' would probably suffice as a poem in itself." Seamus Heaney
Hey, nice find :-)
ReplyDeleteI knew about Goya's etching that D&G refer to, but not this quote.
I actually blogged about Goya's piece here: http://fugitivedesire.blogspot.com/2009/08/sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters.html
Thank you for sending me your link, I love your site, can I stick it on my blogroll? I actually came across the quote on the first page of a new book about the gargoyles of Notre-Dame. But it is right in line with all my cherished beliefs! I think I will have to read Anti-Oedipus.
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