Quotes from The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan — Marshall McLuhan
1911–1980 Canada
← All quotes by Marshall McLuhan
36 quotes
Every mode of technology is a reflex of our most intimate psychological experience. (p. 171)
People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath. (p. 184)
Great ages of innovation are the ages in which entire cultures are junked or scrapped. (p. 309)
The sociologist permits himself to see only what is acceptable to his colleagues. (p. 370)
The sculptural qualities of the image dim down the purely personal identity. (p. 369)
Languages are environments to which the child related synesthetically. (p. 166)
All advertising advertises advertising – no ad has its meaning alone. (p. 145)
Language alone includes all the senses in interplay at all times. (p. 253)
Violence is the effort to maintain and restore a weakened psyche. (p. 377)
The nuclear bomb will turn warfare into the juggling of images. (p. 360)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marshall McLuhan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.