Creative Quotations from . . .
Jean Baudrillard
(1929-2007) born on Jul 29
French sociologist. "He views the electronic media as the shaper of the reality of things and events; wrote "Amerique," 1986."
 
   
F
Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated."

R
Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.
A
"Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us."
N
"Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business."
K
"A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "America, "Vanishing Point," 1986; tr. 1988."
R: ""Cool Memories," ch. 5, 1987; tr.1990."
A: "The Ecstasy of Communication, "Seduction, or the Superficial Abyss," 1987."
N: ""Cool Memories," ch. 5, 1987; tr.1990."
K: ""Cool Memories," ch. 5, 1987; tr.1990."



copyright 1996-2007 by Baertracks at bemorecreative.com