Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
Umberto EcoIt is necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once.
Umberto EcoThe cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.
Umberto Eco