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Maurice Blanchot quotes: The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching.

The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: The feeling of the uselessness of what I am doing is linked to this other feeling that nothing is more serious.

The feeling of the uselessness of what I am doing is linked to this other feeling that nothing is more serious.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: But this is the rule, and there is no way to free oneself of it: as soon as the thought has arisen, it must be followed to the very end.

But this is the rule, and there is no way to free oneself of it: as soon as the thought has arisen, it must be followed to the very end.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: A story? No. No stories, never again.

A story? No. No stories, never again.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: If nothing were substituted for everything, it would still be too much and too little.

If nothing were substituted for everything, it would still be too much and too little.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: The disaster ... is what escapes the very possibility of experience - it is the limit of writing. This must be repeated: the disaster de-scribes.

The disaster ... is what escapes the very possibility of experience - it is the limit of writing. This must be repeated: the disaster de-scribes.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: Express only that which cannot be expressed. Leave it unexpressed)

Express only that which cannot be expressed. Leave it unexpressed)

Maurice Blanchot quotes: Weak thoughts, weak desires: he felt their force.

Weak thoughts, weak desires: he felt their force.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: We cannot do anything with an object that has no name.

We cannot do anything with an object that has no name.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: To see was terrifying, and to stop seeing tore me apart from my forehead to my throat.

To see was terrifying, and to stop seeing tore me apart from my forehead to my throat.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: But my silence is real. If I hid it from you, you would find it again a little farther on.

But my silence is real. If I hid it from you, you would find it again a little farther on.

Maurice Blanchot quotes: They who were so important, who wanted to create the world, are dumbfounded; everything crumbles.

They who were so important, who wanted to create the world, are dumbfounded; everything crumbles.