Gilles Deleuze

"Nomadic thought operates differently from sedentary thought; it moves rather than establishes."

"The body is not an organism; it is a body without organs, a pure multiplicity."

"Do not ask who or what I am, but how I function and what I can do."

"Smooth space is not opposed to striated space but emerges within and against it."

"Every phenomenon is an illusion because it presents itself as already formed and finished."

"The virtual is fully real, even if it is not actual; it carries its own effectivity."

"To think is to experiment; thought is a war machine against established categories."

"Signs do not represent things; they produce effects and proliferate meanings endlessly."

"The future is not predetermined; it emerges from the endless play of differences."

"Ethics is not about following rules; it is about creating new modes of existence."

"Desire is not a lack; it is a positive force that creates and produces reality."

"The people are missing, but they will come; this is the task of art and philosophy."

"Fidelity to a problem means continually transforming it as you work through it."

"Perception is not passive reception but active participation in the creation of sense."

"To become animal is not to act like an animal but to enter into a becoming-animal."

"The concept is the tool of the philosopher, but it must be forged anew for each problem."

"Modern music does not represent emotion; it creates new affective intensities."

"The state is not transcendent but immanent, produced through the same forces that resist it."

"Laughter is not the opposite of seriousness; it is the liberation of thought."

"To read is not to extract meaning but to enter into a dialogue with the text."

"Time is not a line but a multiplicity of durations that interweave and interact."

"Every organism is a machine, and every machine is an organism; the distinction dissolves."

"The author is not the origin of the work; authorship is a function that can be dispersed."

"Difference in itself is affirmative; it does not depend on a prior identity."

"Freedom is not escape but the creation of new possibilities within given constraints."

"To love is to enter into a becoming with another; it is not possession but transformation."

"The fold is everywhere; it connects the inside with the outside, the visible with the invisible."

"Power is not sovereignty but the ability to affect and be affected by others."

"Art produces a sensation that exceeds any individual sensibility; it is trans-sensory."

"The plane of immanence is the ultimate ground, but it has no ground; it is self-grounding."