Author: J. G. Ballard

Quotes

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.

- J. G. Ballard

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

- J. G. Ballard

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

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

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

The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.

The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.

- J. G. Ballard

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