--- title: "10 Instance Quotes By Paul Virilio" description: "10 Instance quotes by Paul Virilio. Plus more from Paul Virilio and more Instance sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/paul-virilio-2130_complexes_one-can-t-even-know-what-it-means-to-be_1110707.png" --- > [One can't even know what it means to be lost in reality. For instance, it is easy to know whether you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/one-can-t-even-know-what-it-means-to-be-lost-in-reality-for-instance/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/paul-virilio-2130_complexes_one-can-t-even-know-what-it-means-to-be_1110707.png) > [The body is extremely important to me, because it is a planet. For instance, if you compare Earth and an astronomer, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-body-is-extremely-important-to-me-because-it-is-a-planet-for/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/paul-virilio-2130_astronomers_the-body-is-extremely-important-to-me-be_846346.png) > [For instance, in 1999, Bill Gates not only published a new book on work at the speed of thought but also detailed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/for-instance-in-1999-bill-gates-not-only-published-a-new-book-on-work/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/paul-virilio-2130_bills_for-instance-in-1999-bill-gates-not-only_2772281.png) > [For me, then, territory and movement are linked. For instance, territory is controlled by the movements of horsemen, of tanks, of planes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/for-me-then-territory-and-movement-are-linked-for-instance-territory/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/paul-virilio-2130_controlled_for-me-then-territory-and-movement-are-l_2168712.png) > [The body has a dimension of simulation. The learning process, for instance: when one learns how to drive a car or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-body-has-a-dimension-of-simulation-the-learning-process-for/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/paul-virilio-2130_body_the-body-has-a-dimension-of-simulation-t_2064575.png) > [We have already seen some instances of systemic risk in recent times in the Asian financial crisis. But what sparked off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/we-have-already-seen-some-instances-of-systemic-risk-in-recent-times/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/paul-virilio-2130_asian_we-have-already-seen-some-instances-of-s_1267635.png) > [For instance, the Persian Gulf War was a miniature world war. It took place in a small geographical area. In this sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/for-instance-the-persian-gulf-war-was-a-miniature-world-war-it-took/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/paul-virilio-2130_areas_for-instance-the-persian-gulf-war-was-a_2797540.png) > [Moreover, I would like to say that the sort of polar inertia we witnessed in the Kosovo War, the polar inertia involving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/moreover-i-would-like-to-say-that-the-sort-of-polar-inertia-we/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/paul-virilio-2130_action_moreover-i-would-like-to-say-that-the-so_175460.png) > [In this way, it seems to me that, since 1984, my book on the logistics of perception has been proved totally correct.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/in-this-way-it-seems-to-me-that-since-1984-my-book-on-the-logistics/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/paul-virilio-2130_aim_in-this-way-it-seems-to-me-that-since-19_3075945.png) > [Technologies first equipped the territorial body with bridges, aqueducts, railways, highways, airports, etc. Now that the most powerful technologies are becoming tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/technologies-first-equipped-the-territorial-body-with-bridges/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/paul-virilio-2130_airports_technologies-first-equipped-the-territor_902065.png) ## Other authors on Instance ## More by Paul Virilio > [“It is, in fact, impossible clearly to distinguish economic war from information war, since each involves the same hegemonic ambition of making commercial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/it-is-in-fact-impossible-clearly-to-distinguish-economic-war-from/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [There is a French expression that says: to be exposed to an accident, to cross a street without looking at the cars means exposing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/there-is-a-french-expression-that-says-to-be-exposed-to-an-accident/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [There cannot be an animal body without a territorial body: three bodies are grafted over each other: the territorial body - the planet, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/there-cannot-be-an-animal-body-without-a-territorial-body-three/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [... the blinding Hiroshima flash... literally photographed the shadow cast by beings and things, so that every surface immediately became war's recording surface, its film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-blinding-hiroshima-flash-literally-photographed-the-shadow-cast/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [GPS not only played a large and delocalizing role in the war in Kosovo but is increasingly playing a role in social life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/gps-not-only-played-a-large-and-delocalizing-role-in-the-war-in/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [The Gulf War may not have occurred in the actual global space, but it did occur in global time. And this thanks to CNN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-gulf-war-may-not-have-occurred-in-the-actual-global-space-but-it/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [The cinema was certainly an art, but television can't be, because it is the museum of accidents. In other words, its art is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-cinema-was-certainly-an-art-but-television-can-t-be-because-it-is/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [What happened in Kosovo was the exact reversal of what happened in 'Fortress Europe' in 1943-45. Let me explain. Air Marshall 'Bomber' Harris used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/what-happened-in-kosovo-was-the-exact-reversal-of-what-happened-in/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [The technologies of virtual reality are attempting to make us see from beneath, from inside, from behind... as if we were God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-technologies-of-virtual-reality-are-attempting-to-make-us-see/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/there-are-eyes-everywhere-no-blind-spot-left-what-shall-we-dream-of/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [I am of course thinking here about new planes such as the Sukhois. There is very little discussion about such developments but, for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/i-am-of-course-thinking-here-about-new-planes-such-as-the-sukhois/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [Moreover, I would like to say that the sort of polar inertia we witnessed in the Kosovo War, the polar inertia involving 'automated war'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/moreover-i-would-like-to-say-that-the-sort-of-polar-inertia-we/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [How can we live if there is no more here and everything is now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/how-can-we-live-if-there-is-no-more-here-and-everything-is-now/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [The simulator is the stage in-between television and virtual reality, a moment, a phase. The simulator is a moment that leads to cyberspace, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/the-simulator-is-the-stage-in-between-television-and-virtual-reality/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) > [These new technologies try to make virtual reality more powerful than actual reality, which is the true accident. The day when virtual reality becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-virilio/these-new-technologies-try-to-make-virtual-reality-more-powerful-than/) [Paul Virilio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-virilio/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/instance/paul-virilio/#itemlist", "name": "10 Instance Quotes By Paul Virilio", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One can't even know what it means to be lost in reality. 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These micro-machines will feed the body. 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