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J.G. Ballard quotes: Sooner or later, all games become serious. Sooner or later, all games become serious.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I think the enemy of creativity in the world today is that so much thinking is done for you. I think the enemy of creativity in the world today is that so much thinking is done for you.
J.G. Ballard quotes: This was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence. This was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror. I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I've been in several car accidents, but I can say that they did nothing for my libido. I've been in several car accidents, but I can say that they did nothing for my libido.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
J.G. Ballard quotes: A terrorist bomb not only killed its victims, but forced a violent rift through time and space, and ruptured the logic that held the world together. A terrorist bomb not only killed its victims, but forced a violent rift through time and space, and ruptured the logic that held the world together.
J.G. Ballard quotes: People no longer need enemies--in this millennium their great dream is to become victims. Only their psychopathies can set them free... People no longer need enemies--in this millennium their great dream is to become victims. Only their psychopathies can set them free...
J.G. Ballard quotes: I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much. I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
J.G. Ballard quotes: On the morning after the storm the body of a drowned giant was washed ashore on the beach five miles to the north-west of the city. On the morning after the storm the body of a drowned giant was washed ashore on the beach five miles to the north-west of the city.
J.G. Ballard quotes: In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g. In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g.
J.G. Ballard quotes: A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction. A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction.
J.G. Ballard quotes: This isn't just a shopping mall. It's more like ... ""A religious experience?""Exactly! It's like going to church ... This isn't just a shopping mall. It's more like ... "
"A religious experience?"
"Exactly! It's like going to church ...
J.G. Ballard quotes: The ultimate concept car will move so fast, even at rest, as to be invisible. The ultimate concept car will move so fast, even at rest, as to be invisible.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Let the psychotics take over. They alone understood what was happening. Let the psychotics take over. They alone understood what was happening.
J.G. Ballard quotes: In the future, violence would clearly become a valuable form of social cement. In the future, violence would clearly become a valuable form of social cement.
J.G. Ballard quotes: If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream. If I don't write, I begin to feel unsettled and uneasy, as I gather people do who are not allowed to dream.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I admired anyone who could unsettle people. I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The look of a man who had made the devil's bargain and knew he had lost. The look of a man who had made the devil's bargain and knew he had lost.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Almost pedantically, she added: They're not really bombs they're acoustic provocations. Almost pedantically, she added: They're not really bombs
they're acoustic provocations.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The Internet is an amazing development. The Internet is an amazing development.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver. Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The staircase was deserted - the higher up the building the more reluctant were the residents to use the stairs, as if this in some way demeaned them. The staircase was deserted - the higher up the building the more reluctant were the residents to use the stairs, as if this in some way demeaned them.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Psychiatrists the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War ... Psychiatrists the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War ...
J.G. Ballard quotes: Each man is an island unto itself" - Strangman Each man is an island unto itself" - Strangman
J.G. Ballard quotes: Remember, the police are neutral - they hate everybody. Remember, the police are neutral - they hate everybody.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Curiously, there are many perfect short stories, but no perfect novels. Curiously, there are many perfect short stories, but no perfect novels.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Deep assignments run through all our lives; there are no coincidences. Deep assignments run through all our lives; there are no coincidences.
J.G. Ballard quotes: An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use. An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
J.G. Ballard quotes: She glanced at her watch, reminding herself who she was. She glanced at her watch, reminding herself who she was.
J.G. Ballard quotes: To the Insane: I owe them everything. To the Insane: I owe them everything.
J.G. Ballard quotes: A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup. A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The arts and criminality have always flourished side by side. The arts and criminality have always flourished side by side.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.
J.G. Ballard quotes: From sandwich to summer school, they were the symbols of subservience and the enemies of freedom. From sandwich to summer school, they were the symbols of subservience and the enemies of freedom.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Parking was well on the way to becoming the British population's greatest spiritual need. Parking was well on the way to becoming the British population's greatest spiritual need.
J.G. Ballard quotes: As I left, promising to mention her to my father, Olga said: Now you can play hide-and-seek in the wholeworld. As I left, promising to mention her to my father, Olga said: Now you can play hide-and-seek in the whole
world.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The world was beginning to flower into wounds. The world was beginning to flower into wounds.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell. Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Morality covers our conduct, not what goes on inside our heads. Morality covers our conduct, not what goes on inside our heads.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The city was a vast and stationary carousel, forever boarded by millions of would-be passengers who took their seats, waited and then dismounted. The city was a vast and stationary carousel, forever boarded by millions of would-be passengers who took their seats, waited and then dismounted.
J.G. Ballard quotes: They're listening to the sun, Charles. Waiting for a new kind of light. They're listening to the sun, Charles. Waiting for a new kind of light.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I feel that the surrealists have created a series of valid external landscapes which have their direct correspondences within our own minds. I feel that the surrealists have created a series of valid external landscapes which have their direct correspondences within our own minds.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves. Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Their period in the apartment together had been one of almost narcotic domesticity. Their period in the apartment together had been one of almost narcotic domesticity.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The Kingdom of God might be at hand, but that hand was empty. The Kingdom of God might be at hand, but that hand was empty.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Maybe you are a poet and a dreamer, but don't you realize that those two species are extinct now? Maybe you are a poet and a dreamer, but don't you realize that those two species are extinct now?
J.G. Ballard quotes: After Freud's exploration within the psyche it is now the outer world of reality which must be quantified and eroticised After Freud's exploration within the psyche it is now the outer world of reality which must be quantified and eroticised
J.G. Ballard quotes: One needs a great deal of idle time to feel really sorry for oneself. One needs a great deal of idle time to feel really sorry for oneself.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Our neighbours had happy childhoods to a man and still feel angry. Perhaps they resent never having had a chance to become perverse ... Our neighbours had happy childhoods to a man and still feel angry. Perhaps they resent never having had a chance to become perverse ...
J.G. Ballard quotes: I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring. I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out. Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out.
J.G. Ballard quotes: When Armageddon takes place, parking is going to be a major problem. When Armageddon takes place, parking is going to be a major problem.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Elaborate burial customs are a sure sign of decadence. Elaborate burial customs are a sure sign of decadence.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Across the communication landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that money can buy. Across the communication landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that money can buy.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I love the smell of male urine and the reek of his groin on my bath towels after he'd had a shower I love the smell of male urine and the reek of his groin on my bath towels after he'd had a shower
J.G. Ballard quotes: In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I was terribly wounded by my wife's death. I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Not for the first time Laing reflected that he and his neighbors were eager for trouble as the most effective means of enlarging their sex lives. Not for the first time Laing reflected that he and his neighbors were eager for trouble as the most effective means of enlarging their sex lives.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Fiction is a branch of neurology Fiction is a branch of neurology
J.G. Ballard quotes: I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai. I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Beyond the silver span of the motor bridge lay basins of cracked mud the size of ballrooms - models of a state of mind, a curvilinear labyrinth. Beyond the silver span of the motor bridge lay basins of cracked mud the size of ballrooms - models of a state of mind, a curvilinear labyrinth.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Yet she felt an impostor, and already the mask had begun to bite into her face. Yet she felt an impostor, and already the mask had begun to bite into her face.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Once it gets off the ground into space, all science fiction is fantasy. Once it gets off the ground into space, all science fiction is fantasy.
J.G. Ballard quotes: He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother. He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol! I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol!
J.G. Ballard quotes: After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident. After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The suburbs dream of violence. The suburbs dream of violence.
J.G. Ballard quotes: We're building prisons all over the world and calling them luxury condos. We're building prisons all over the world and calling them luxury condos.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Surrender to a logic more powerful than reason. Surrender to a logic more powerful than reason.
J.G. Ballard quotes: A ton of Proust isn't worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury. A ton of Proust isn't worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger. Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not. The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
J.G. Ballard quotes: E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made. E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
J.G. Ballard quotes: For all his youth, he seemed to be willing himself to the edge of an adult despair. For all his youth, he seemed to be willing himself to the edge of an adult despair.
J.G. Ballard quotes: But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing. But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime. Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then? Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?
J.G. Ballard quotes: Sex x Technology = the Future. Sex x Technology = the Future.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Madness--that's all they have, after working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. Going mad is their only way of staying sane. Madness--that's all they have, after working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. Going mad is their only way of staying sane.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Jim knew that he was awake and asleep at the same time, dreaming of the war and yet dreamed of by the war. Jim knew that he was awake and asleep at the same time, dreaming of the war and yet dreamed of by the war.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Police violence, I noted, was directly proportional to police boredom, and not to any resistance offered by protestors. Police violence, I noted, was directly proportional to police boredom, and not to any resistance offered by protestors.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The only truly alien planet is Earth. The only truly alien planet is Earth.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Paranoid eyes with the fusion of passion and duplicity. Paranoid eyes with the fusion of passion and duplicity.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world. The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Already a sizable traffic jam blocked the Bund. Once again the crush and clutter of Shanghai had engulfed its invaders. Already a sizable traffic jam blocked the Bund. Once again the crush and clutter of Shanghai had engulfed its invaders.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Consumerism is the one thing that gives us our sense of values. Consumerism is honest, and teaches us that everything good has a barcode. Consumerism is the one thing that gives us our sense of values. Consumerism is honest, and teaches us that everything good has a barcode.
J.G. Ballard quotes: God was a clever idea ... The human race came up with a winner there. God was a clever idea ... The human race came up with a winner there.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I am looking into a silent world. I am looking into a silent world.
J.G. Ballard quotes: These days even reality has to look artificial. These days even reality has to look artificial.
J.G. Ballard quotes: One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is alright. One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is alright.
J.G. Ballard quotes: I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic
J.G. Ballard quotes: Prosperous suburbia was one of the end-states of history. Once achieved, only plague, flood, or nuclear war could threaten its grip. Prosperous suburbia was one of the end-states of history. Once achieved, only plague, flood, or nuclear war could threaten its grip.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Nothing is real until you put it in the VCR. Nothing is real until you put it in the VCR.
J.G. Ballard quotes: The writer's task is to invent the reality. The writer's task is to invent the reality.
J.G. Ballard quotes: Perhaps the future belongs to magic, and it's we women who control magic. Perhaps the future belongs to magic, and it's we women who control magic.
J.G. Ballard quotes: It had not occurred to me that sexual games could be played with an unborn child. It had not occurred to me that sexual games could be played with an unborn child.

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