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J. G. Ballard Quotes

J. G. Ballard quotes

British Author November 18, 1930 – April 19, 2009

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A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory..."
Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "Already a sizable traffic jam blocked the Bund. Once again the..."
Already a sizable traffic jam blocked the Bund. Once again the crush and clutter of Shanghai had engulfed its invaders. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime."
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime. J. G. Ballard
In his mind World War III represents the final self-destruction and imbalance of an asymmetric world, the last suicidal spasm of the dextro-rotatory helix, DNA. The human organism is an atrocity exhibition at which he is an unwilling spectator . . . J. G. Ballard
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit, and force it..."
I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror. J. G. Ballard
...reason rationalizes reality for him (Dr. Nathan) as it does for the rest of us, in the Freudian sense of providing a more palatable or convenient explanation, and there are so many subjects about which we should not be reasonable. J. G. Ballard
It was an excess of fantasy that killed the old United States, the whole Mickey Mouse and Marilyn thing, the most brilliant technologies devoted to trivia like instant cameras and space spectaculars that should have stayed in the pages of Science Fiction . . . some of the last Presidents of the U.S.A. seemed to have been recruited straight from Disneyland. J. G. Ballard
At the logic of fashion, such once-popular perversions as pedophilia and sodomy will become derided cliches, as amusing as pottery ducks on suburban walls. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about..."
Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the..."
The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on it's shroud. J. G. Ballard
The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*. J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!"
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom! J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard quote: "Surrender to a logic more powerful than reason."
Surrender to a logic more powerful than reason. J. G. Ballard

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