Quote by Marshall McLuhan
Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. – Marshall McLuhan

Other quotes by Marshall McLuhan

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at drivers license age than at voting age. – Marshall McLuhan

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Age
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The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. – Marshall McLuhan

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Business
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Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. – Marshall McLuhan

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communication
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Other Quotes from
Art
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The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. – Jerzy Kosinski

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Art

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. – Edward Steichen

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Art

We have art in order not to die of the truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Art

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Art

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People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. – Michael Pollan

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May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea. – Swami Vivekananda

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I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldnt pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until theyd drunk up all their money. – Fred Ward

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It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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