“With truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As with illness, this is the only way to be cured of it. The person who keeps truth in his hands has lost.”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.comTagged: Epistemology, Truth
“The indifference of trees to the historical moment. The indifference of dreams to interpretation. The indifference of the people to its own triumph. The indifference of the body to the revolution. The dazzling metaphysical spectacle of the sameness of faces the morning after revolution.”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.comTagged: Revolution
“The real joy of writing lies in the opportunity of being able to sacrifice a whole chapter for a single sentence, a complete sentence for a single word.”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.comTagged: Against Decoration, Writing, My Philosophy, Poetry
“As for freedom, it will soon cease to exist in any shape or form. Living will depend upon absolute obedience to a strict set of arrangements, which it will no longer be possible to transgress. The air traveller is not free. In the future, life's passengers will be even less so: they will travel thro…”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.comTagged: Corporate Living, Freedom
“It is exciting to hear one of your fondest ideas formulated in one fell swoop, better than you could have done it yourself. You feel no intellectual jealously at seeing yourself outstripped in this way.”— Jean Baudrillard, amazon.comTagged: Quotes