Marshall McLuhan Citations
Marshall McLuhan: Citations en anglais
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 28
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
“A fixed point of view becomes possible with print and ends the image as a plastic organism.”
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 144
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 237
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 111
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 278
“Violence is the effort to maintain and restore a weakened psyche.”
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 377
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 70
1990s and beyond, "The Agenbite of Outwit" (1998)
“Invention is the mother of all necessities.”
1970s, The argument: causality in the electric world (1973)
“It is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behaviour.”
1960s, Understanding Media (1964)
“The content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is the preceding medium or culture.”
Source: 1970s, Culture Is Our Business (1970), p. 168
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 136
Source: 1970s, Take Today : The Executive as Dropout (1972), p. 211
Source: 1970s, Take Today : The Executive as Dropout (1972), p. 11
Source: 1970s, Take Today : The Executive as Dropout (1972), p. 63
“African audiences cannot accept our passive consumer role in the presence of film.”
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 44
“I am a pattern watcher. (p. 311)”
1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011)
Cameo appearance as himself in Woody Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall
1970s
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 260
“Visual space is the space of detachment. Audile-tactile space is the space of involvement.”
Source: 1970s, Culture Is Our Business (1970), p. 194
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 267
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 37
“Mysticism is just tomorrow’s science dreamed today.”
1960s, Playboy Interview (1969)
Source: 1960s, Counterblast (1969), p. 15
“A man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a metaphor?”
A play on the line's in Robert Browning's poem "Andrea del Sarto":
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
Source: 1960s, Understanding Media (1964), p.7
