America Quote by Jean Baudrillard

“The whole gestural system of work was also obscene, in sharp contrast to the miniaturized and abstract gestural system of control to which it…

— Jean Baudrillard

“We will live in this world, which for us has all the disquieting strangeness of the desert and of the simulacrum, with all the…

— Jean Baudrillard

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.

— Jean Baudrillard

The sickly cultural pathos which the whole of France indulges in, that fetishism of the cultural heritage.

— Jean Baudrillard

“We need a visible past, a visible continuum, a visible myth of origin to reassure us as to our ends, since ultimately we have…

— Jean Baudrillard

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

— Jean Baudrillard

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere and screened as our…

— Jean Baudrillard

If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals don't speak, it's because everything's perfect for them. If one…

— Jean Baudrillard

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but…

— Jean Baudrillard

When the real is no longer what it used to be, nostalgia assumes its full meaning.

— Jean Baudrillard

With the truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As with illness,…

— Jean Baudrillard