Jean Baudrillard Quotes About Emptiness
-
The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters—there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void.... That’s why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window.
→ -
the neighborhood is nothing but a protective zone- remodeling, disinfection, a snobbish and hygenic design- but above all in a figurative sense: it is a machine for making emptiness.
→ -
Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile.
→
Related Authors
-
Pierre Bourdieu Sociologist -
Theodor Adorno Sociologist -
-
Walter Benjamin Literary critic -
Slavoj Žižek Philosopher -
Friedrich Nietzsche Philologist -
Roland Barthes Philosopher -
Guy Debord Writer -
Karl Marx Philosopher -
Jean-Francois Lyotard Philosopher -
Jacques Lacan Psychoanalyst -
-
Zygmunt Bauman Sociologist -
Jurgen Habermas Philosopher -
Jacques Derrida Philosopher -
Marshall McLuhan Philosopher -
Michel Foucault Philosopher -
Edgar Morin Philosopher -
Georges Bataille Author -
Gilles Deleuze Philosopher