“The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Advertising is the greatest art form of
“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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In this electronic age we see ourselves
“In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Category: age
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I think of art, at its most
“I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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The spoken word was the first technology
“The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Great art speaks a language which every
“Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Societies have always been shaped more by
“Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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The car has become the carapace, the
“The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Everybody experiences far more than he understands.
“Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Art is anything you can get away
“Art is anything you can get away with.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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There are no passengers on spaceship earth.
“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.”
— Marshall McLuhan
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Category: nature
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