Quotes by Marcuse, Herbert

Freedom of enterprise was from the beginning not altogether a blessing >>

Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishmen >>

Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in >>

Quotations about Culture

Here in the U.S., culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europ >>

Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, >>

What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination >>

If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture to their common denominator -- the commodity form. The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value, counts.

Marcuse, Herbert