Who said "We must read the world as a text"?

This quote is attributed to Edward Said.

We must read the world as a text - Edward Said

"We must read the world as a text"

Edward Said Literature

Literary Critic, Theorist Palestinian-American 1935–2003

"The intellectual is always, or should be, an outsider"

"Orientalism is a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient"

"To be human is to be in a situation of conflict and challenge"

"Secular humanism is not a negation of religion; it is a form of religion"

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."