If their work is satisfying people don't need leisure in the old-fashioned sense. No one ever asks what Newton or Darwin did to relax, or how Bach spent his weekends. At Eden-Olympia work is the ultimate play, and play the ultimate work.
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 . . .
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.
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.
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime. - J. G. Ballard
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.
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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