Michel Foucault Quotes about Madness

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Madness, in its wild, untamable words, proclaims its own meaning; in its chimeras, it utters its secret truth.

Madness, in its wild, untamable words, proclaims its own meaning; in its chimeras, it utters its secret truth.

Michel Foucault

Secret, Madness, Chimera

Michel Foucault (2001). “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason”, p.27, Psychology Press

The language of psychiatry, which is a monologue by reason about madness, could only have come into existence in such a silence.

Michel Foucault

Madness, Language, Reason

"History of Madness".

One thing in any case is certain: man is neither the oldest nor the most constant problem that has been posed for human knowledge.

Michel Foucault

Men, Madness, Problem

Michel Foucault (2005). “The Order of Things”, p.421, Routledge

Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.

Michel Foucault

Time, Art, Madness

Michel Foucault (2001). “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason”, p.273, Psychology Press