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J. G. Ballard Quotes

J. G. Ballard quotes about car

British Author November 18, 1930 – April 19, 2009

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The long triangular grooves on the car had been formed within the death of an unknown creature, its vanished identity abstracted in terms of the geometry of this vehicle. How much more mysterious would be our own deaths, and those of the famous and powerful? J. G. Ballard
What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths. J. G. Ballard
A car crash harnesses elements of eroticism, aggression, desire, speed, drama, kinesthetic factors, the stylizing of motion, consumer goods, status -- all these in one event. I myself see the car crash as a tremendous sexual event really: a liberation of human and machine libido (if there is such a thing). J. G. Ballard
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "The ultimate concept car will move so fast, even at rest, as..."
The ultimate concept car will move so fast, even at rest, as to be invisible. J. G. Ballard
She had originally agreed to appear naked, but on seeing the cars informed me that she would only appear topless—an interesting logic was at work there. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "I've been in several car accidents, but I can say that they..."
I've been in several car accidents, but I can say that they did nothing for my libido. J. G. Ballard

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