Why do all these signs make me doubt language and submerge me in meanings that drown reality instead of getting it out of the imagination? Jean-Luc Godard—Two or three things that I know about her (film 1967)
Language does not convey reality all at once; between the thing and the idea comes the meaning of words as an intermediary.
Reference
Jean-Luc Godard. (1971) 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle. Paris. Seuil/Avant-Scène.