I feel that, in a sense, the writer knows nothing any longer. He has no moral stance. He offers the reader the contents of his own head, a set of options and imaginative alternatives. His role is that of a scientist, whether on safari or in his laboratory, faced with an unknown terrain or subject. All he can do is to devise various hypotheses and test them against the facts.
All you do is get on and start pedaling . . . - J. G. Ballard
All you do is get on and start pedaling . . .
- 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
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…
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.
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime. - J. G. Ballard
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.
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.
The only truly alien planet is Earth. - J. G. Ballard
The only truly alien planet is Earth.
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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