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Jean Baudrillard Quotes

Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching Picture Quote #1

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks which the crowd pretends to be taken in by to avoid feeling too disappointed. Ghost towns, ghost people. The whole place has the same air of obsolescence about it as Sunset or Hollywood Boulevard Picture Quote #1

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation Picture Quote #1

As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like the culture of flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning. They give themselves a last wash and brush-up, their oscillated eyes roll, and they fall down the curtains Picture Quote #1

All of [the] activities here have a surreptitious end-of-the-world feel to them:... these joggers sleepwalking in the mist like shadow’s who have escaped from Plato’s cave Picture Quote #1

Protect everything, detect everything, contain everything - obsessional society. Save time. Save money. Save our souls - phobic society. Low tar. Low energy. Low calories. Low sex. Low speed - anorexic society Picture Quote #1

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Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather forecast are about the only things spared Picture Quote #1

Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore Picture Quote #1

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real Picture Quote #1

Computer science only indicates the retrospective omnipotence of our technologies. In other words, an infinite capacity to process data (but only data -- i.e. the already given) and in no sense a new vision. With that science, we are entering an era of exhaustivity, which is also an era of exhaustion Picture Quote #1

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them? Picture Quote #1

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Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society Picture Quote #1

One of life’s primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while the others come looking for you, the delicious terror of being discovered, but what panic when, after a long search, the others abandon you! You mustn’t hide too well. You mustn’t be too good at the game. The player must never be bigger than the game itself Picture Quote #1

The only thing worse than being bored is being boring Picture Quote #1

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence Picture Quote #1

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment Picture Quote #1

What is a society without a heroic dimension? Picture Quote #1

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A series of accidents creates a positively light hearted state Picture Quote #1

One day, we shall stand up and our backsides will remain attached to our seats Picture Quote #1

The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning Picture Quote #1

For nothing can be greater than seduction itself, not even the order that destroys it Picture Quote #1

The simulacrum now hides, not the truth, but the fact that there is none, that is to say, the continuation of nothingness Picture Quote #1

Forgetting the extermination is part of the extermination itself Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true Picture Quote #1

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are Picture Quote #1

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price Picture Quote #1

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history Picture Quote #1

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance Picture Quote #1

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly Picture Quote #1

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Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects, pathetic fake buildings, and childish tricks which the crowd pretends to be taken in by to avoid feeling too disappointed. Ghost towns, ghost people. The whole place has the same air of obsolescence about it as Sunset or Hollywood Boulevard (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like the culture of flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning. They give themselves a last wash and brush-up, their oscillated eyes roll, and they fall down the curtains (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) All of [the] activities here have a surreptitious end-of-the-world feel to them:... these joggers sleepwalking in the mist like shadow’s who have escaped from Plato’s cave (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Protect everything, detect everything, contain everything - obsessional society. Save time. Save money. Save our souls - phobic society. Low tar. Low energy. Low calories. Low sex. Low speed - anorexic society (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather forecast are about the only things spared (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise. (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Computer science only indicates the retrospective omnipotence of our technologies. In other words, an infinite capacity to process data (but only data -- i.e. the already given) and in no sense a new vision. With that science, we are entering an era of exhaustivity, which is also an era of exhaustion. (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them? (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society. (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) One of life’s primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while the others come looking for you, the delicious terror of being discovered, but what panic when, after a long search, the others abandon you! You mustn’t hide too well. You mustn’t be too good at the game. The player must never be bigger than the game itself. (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) The only thing worse than being bored is being boring (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) What is a society without a heroic dimension? (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) A series of accidents creates a positively light hearted state (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) One day, we shall stand up and our backsides will remain attached to our seats (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) For nothing can be greater than seduction itself, not even the order that destroys it (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) The simulacrum now hides, not the truth, but the fact that there is none, that is to say, the continuation of nothingness (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Forgetting the extermination is part of the extermination itself (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance (Jean Baudrillard Quotes) Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly (Jean Baudrillard Quotes)

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