Deleuze, Gilles

Philosopher French 1925 – 1995

Developed concepts of difference, desire, and rhizomatics.

378 quotes

"To create is to resist; resistance is creative."
Courage
"We must treat concepts like substances to be distilled."
Philosophy
"The virtual is perfectly real."
Truth
"Difference is the fundamental principle of philosophy."
Philosophy
"Writing should produce flow; reading should produce flow."
Literature
"Society is not an organism; it is a machine."
Politics
"We learn by inventing, not by imitating."
Education
"The future will be the age of smooth spaces."
Hope
"Philosophy is the art of forming, inventing, and making concepts."
Philosophy
"Love is not about unity; it is about multiplicity."
Love
"Time is not a line but a plane of multiple trajectories."
Time
"Stuttering is a creative use of language."
Creativity
"The only way to escape the law is through deterritorialization."
Freedom
"Beauty exists in the gaps between things."
Beauty
"We must think beyond representation."
Philosophy
"The body is a plane of organization waiting to be deorganized."
Strength
"Power is not repressive; it is productive."
Power
"All becoming begins with a rupture."
Change
"Death is not the negation of life; it is part of its intensity."
Death
"Patience is the art of waiting creatively."
Patience
"Kindness is a line of flight that cuts through the social structure."
Kindness
"Fear is only an obstacle if we let it be."
Fear
"Money is desire crystallized into currency."
Money
"Health is not the absence of disease but the presence of vitality."
Health
"Adventure is the only authentic mode of existence."
Adventure
"Imagination is not fantasy; it is the creation of the real."
Imagination
"Technology is the new frontier of philosophical thought."
Technology
"Peace is not a state but a continuous becoming."
Peace
"Leadership is the ability to create new concepts."
Leadership
"Dreams are not escapes but affirmations of the real."
Dreams