Human beings today … are surrounded by huge institutions we… - J. G. Ballard

" "
Human beings today … are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City [London's Wall Street], the banking system, political and advertising conglomerates, vast entertainment enterprises. They've made themselves user friendly, but they define the tastes to which we conform. They're rather subtle, subservient tyrants, but no less sinister for that.

J. G. Ballard

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who was a prominent member of the New Wave in science fiction. Among his most famous books are the controversial Crash, High-Rise and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, all of which have been adapted to film.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: James Graham Ballard

Alternative Names: James Graham "J. G." Ballard

All quotes from J. G. Ballard Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like J. G. Ballard:

William Gibson Thomas Pynchon Brian Aldiss H. G. Wells Martin Amis

Additional quotes by J. G. Ballard

The ultimate dystopia is the inside of one’s own head.

The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*.

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.

Human beings today … are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate: the City [London's Wall Street], the banking system, political and a… - J. G. Ballard

About J. G. Ballard

Also Known As

Additional quotes by J. G. Ballard