As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes. Marshall McLuhan affairartcollective share on social
Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval. Marshall McLuhan darknessintervalsilence Change image and share on social
Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation. Marshall McLuhan aggressionavenueconsciousness Change image and share on social
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. Marshall McLuhan artcallgreat Change image and share on social
Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning. Marshall McLuhan beginendmean Change image and share on social
The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village. Marshall McLuhan createelectronicglobal Change image and share on social
Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. Marshall McLuhan abdicateeventuallyfavor Change image and share on social
If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist's couch. Marshall McLuhan agecenturychair Change image and share on social
One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with. Marshall McLuhan copeeffectelectric Change image and share on social
The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty. Marshall McLuhan defendignorantrigorously Change image and share on social
