Author: Raoul Vaneigem

Quotes

Work is the opposite of creativity.

Work is the opposite of creativity.

- Raoul Vaneigem

There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.

There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.

Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.

Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.

- Raoul Vaneigem

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

- Raoul Vaneigem

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.

- Raoul Vaneigem

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