People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense of humour. The problem is that it's rather deadpan.
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those langua… - J. G. Ballard
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those langua…
- J. G. Ballard
All you do is get on and start pedaling . . . - J. G. Ballard
All you do is get on and start pedaling . . .
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime. - J. G. Ballard
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.
The advanced societies of the future will not be governed by reason. They will be driven by irrationality, by competing systems of psychopathology. - J. G. Ballard
The advanced societies of the future will not be governed by reason. They will be driven by irrationality, by competing systems of psychopathology.
The only truly alien planet is Earth. - J. G. Ballard
The only truly alien planet is Earth.
I think the enemy of creativity in the world today is that so much thinking is done for you. - J. G. Ballard
I think the enemy of creativity in the world today is that so much thinking is done for you.
Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant. - J. G. Ballard
Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. - J. G. Ballard
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates,… - J. G. Ballard
Human beings today are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City, the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates,…
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