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Gilles Deleuze was a French philosopher, writer, and critic, born on January 18, 1925, in Rodez, France. He is renowned for his groundbreaking work in metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics. Deleuze's philosophy is marked by its innovative concepts and ideas, which have had a significant impact on various disciplines, including literature, film, and the visual arts. He co-authored several books with Félix Guattari, such as 'Anti-Oedipus' and 'A Thousand Plateaus'.

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“Write, form a rhizome, increase your territory by deterritorialization, extend the line of flight to the point where it becomes an abstract machine covering the entire plane of consistency.”

Writing Form Poetry Literature Lines Machines Increase Flight Planes Abstract Territory Consistency Covering

Book:EPZ Thousand Plateaus

Source: EPZ Thousand Plateaus

“Writing has nothing to do with meaning. It has to do with landsurveying and cartography, including the mapping of countries yet to come.”

Writing Country Including Mapping Cartography

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“The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?”

Men Writing Reason Shame

Book:Essays Critical and Clinical

Source: Essays Critical and Clinical

“What do you know about me, given that I believe in secrecy? ... If I stick where I am, if I don't travel around, like anyone else I make my inner journeys that I can only measure by my emotions, and express very obliquely and circuitously in what I write. ... Arguments from one's own privileged experience are bad and reactionary arguments.”

Ifs Knows Writing Believe I Can Given I Believe Emotion Journey Argument Sticks I Believe In Do You Know Privileged Secrecy Reactionaries Inner Journey

Author:Gilles Deleuze

About the Author

Born: January 18, 1925
Died: November 4, 1995
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 108

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