Marshall McLuhan

Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#any #care #composition #editorials #far

Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#call #different #different language #every #great

Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#ads #any #archaeologists #day #discover

If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist's couch. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#century #chair #couch #editorial #nineteenth

Jokes are grievances. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#jokes

The medium is the message. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#message

The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#defends #everything #except #his #ignorant

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#comfort #disguised #fist #flocks #his

We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#future #into #mirror #only #our

Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#advertising #environmental #striptease #world