It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.
Jean BaudrillardFor the heavenly fire no longer strikes depraved cities, it is rather the lens which cuts through ordinary reality like a laser, putting it to death.
Jean BaudrillardYou think you photograph a particular scene for the pleasure it gives. In fact it's the scene that wants to be photographed. You're merely an extra in the production.
Jean BaudrillardThere is no human reason to be here, except for the sheer ecstasy of being crowded together.
Jean BaudrillardAmerica is the original version of modernity. We are the dubbed or subtitled version. America ducks the question of origins; it cultivates no origin or mythical authenticity; it has no past and no founding truth. Having known no primitive accumulation of time, it lives in a perpetual present.
Jean Baudrillard