Quotes by Baudrillard, Jean

Cities are distinguished by the catastrophic forms they presuppose and >>

We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle >>

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence. >>

Quotations about Media

Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are >>

The press today is an army with carefully organized weapons, the journ >>

We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant pas >>

The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters -- there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void. That's why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window.

Baudrillard, Jean