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Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar Picture Quote #1

The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of his actions and of new knowledge in his own time. He is the man of integral awareness Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure who discovered water, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a fish Picture Quote #1

The electric age... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system Picture Quote #1

Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects, and schedules Picture Quote #1

It is one of the peculiar characteristics of the photograph that it isolates single moments in time Picture Quote #1

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The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing Picture Quote #1

Information and images bump against each other every day in massive quantities, and the resonance of this interfacing is like the babble of a village or tavern gossip session Picture Quote #1

I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant Picture Quote #1

Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world’s a sage Picture Quote #1

The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system Picture Quote #1

Until writing was invented, man lived in acoustic space: boundless, directionless, horizonless, in the dark of the mind, in the world of emotion Picture Quote #1

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The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus Picture Quote #1

For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a hunger which can be called metaphysical but which is not recognized as such, and which seeks satisfaction in physical danger, or sometimes in torture, suicide, or murder Picture Quote #1

Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose Picture Quote #1

If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a more suitable form than his nomadic ancestors achieved, then might not our current translation of our entire lives into the spiritual form of information seem to make of the entire Picture Quote #1

Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don’t really have any rights left. Leasing our eyes and ears and nerves to commercial interests is like handing over the common speech to a private corporation, or like giving the earth’s atmosphere to a company as a monopoly Picture Quote #1

I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony that transcends time and space, will sensuously caress and mold and pattern every facet of the terrestrial artifact as if it were a work of art, and man himself will become an organic art form Picture Quote #1

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All words at every level of prose and poetry and all devices of language and speech derive their meaning from figure / ground relation Picture Quote #1

Each of our senses makes its own space, but no sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates the touch, or kinaesthesia, or sound, can the eye see Picture Quote #1

The extreme distraction presented by the acoustic and cinematic rivals of the book brings decreasing opportunities for attentive and uninterrupted reading Picture Quote #1

Instead of scurrying into a corner and wailing about what media are doing to us, one should charge straight ahead and kick them in the electrodes Picture Quote #1

The user is the content of any situation, whether its driving a car, or wearing clothes or watching a show. The user is content Picture Quote #1

All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You’re a nobody Picture Quote #1

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Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It’s called being mass man Picture Quote #1

The literate man is a sucker for propaganda... You cannot propagandize a native. You can sell him rum and trinkets, but you cannot sell him ideas Picture Quote #1

Native societies did not think of themselves as being in the world as occupants but considered that their rituals created the world and keep it operational Picture Quote #1

The reader is the content of any poem or of the language he employs, and in order to use any of these forms, he must put them on Picture Quote #1

The present is always invisible because its environmental. No environment is perceptible, simply because it saturates the whole field of attention Picture Quote #1

When new technologies impose themselves on societies long habituated to older technologies, anxieties of all kinds result Picture Quote #1

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Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of his actions and of new knowledge in his own time. He is the man of integral awareness (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) I’m not sure who discovered water, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a fish (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The electric age... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns subjects, and schedules (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) It is one of the peculiar characteristics of the photograph that it isolates single moments in time (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Information and images bump against each other every day in massive quantities, and the resonance of this interfacing is like the babble of a village or tavern gossip session (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world’s a sage (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Until writing was invented, man lived in acoustic space: boundless, directionless, horizonless, in the dark of the mind, in the world of emotion (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) For those for whom the sex act has come to seem mechanical and merely the meeting and manipulation of body parts, there often remains a hunger which can be called metaphysical but which is not recognized as such, and which seeks satisfaction in physical danger, or sometimes in torture, suicide, or murder (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a more suitable form than his nomadic ancestors achieved, then might not our current translation of our entire lives into the spiritual form of information seem to make of the entire (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don’t really have any rights left. Leasing our eyes and ears and nerves to commercial interests is like handing over the common speech to a private corporation, or like giving the earth’s atmosphere to a company as a monopoly (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony that transcends time and space, will sensuously caress and mold and pattern every facet of the terrestrial artifact as if it were a work of art, and man himself will become an organic art form (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) All words at every level of prose and poetry and all devices of language and speech derive their meaning from figure / ground relation (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Each of our senses makes its own space, but no sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates the touch, or kinaesthesia, or sound, can the eye see (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The extreme distraction presented by the acoustic and cinematic rivals of the book brings decreasing opportunities for attentive and uninterrupted reading (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Instead of scurrying into a corner and wailing about what media are doing to us, one should charge straight ahead and kick them in the electrodes (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The user is the content of any situation, whether its driving a car, or wearing clothes or watching a show. The user is content (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You’re a nobody (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It’s called being mass man (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The literate man is a sucker for propaganda... You cannot propagandize a native. You can sell him rum and trinkets, but you cannot sell him ideas (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Native societies did not think of themselves as being in the world as occupants but considered that their rituals created the world and keep it operational (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The reader is the content of any poem or of the language he employs, and in order to use any of these forms, he must put them on (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The present is always invisible because its environmental. No environment is perceptible, simply because it saturates the whole field of attention (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) When new technologies impose themselves on societies long habituated to older technologies, anxieties of all kinds result (Marshall McLuhan Quotes)

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