J.G. Ballard Quotes

Most popular J.G. Ballard Quotes

Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica. - J.G. Ballard quote.
Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.
— J.G. Ballard

sleep dreams (during sleep)

God was a clever idea.  The human race came up with a winner there. - J.G. Ballard quote.
God was a clever idea.  The human race came up with a winner there.
— J.G. Ballard The Guardian

God

The media landscape of the present day is a map in search of a territory. - J.G. Ballard quote.
The media landscape of the present day is a map in search of a territory.
— J.G. Ballard

media

Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game? - J.G. Ballard quote.
Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game?
— J.G. Ballard Myths of the Near Future

violence

The president of the United States bears about as much relationship to the real business of running America as does Colonel Sanders to the business of frying chicken. - J.G. Ballard quote.
The president of the United States bears about as much relationship to the real business of running America as does Colonel Sanders to the business of frying chicken.
— J.G. Ballard J. G. Ballard: Quotes

president

Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us. - J.G. Ballard quote.
Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.
— J.G. Ballard

reality civilization

Style that is not the outgrowth of a man's individuality, is, of course, without significance or value in the expression of his thoughts.  It is never thoroughly formed until character is formed, and until the expression of thought has become habitual. - J.G. Ballard quote.
Style that is not the outgrowth of a man's individuality, is, of course, without significance or value in the expression of his thoughts.  It is never thoroughly formed until character is formed, and until the expression of thought has become habitual.
— J.G. Ballard Holland

style