Quotes by Lyotard, Jean Francois

Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will >>

Knowledge in the form of an informational commodity indispensable to p >>

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism >>

Quotations about Culture

Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one li >>

Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver. >>

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the lim >>

Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and retro clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.

Lyotard, Jean Francois