Author: Raoul Vaneigem

Quotes

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

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

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.

- 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

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

- 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

Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Work is the opposite of creativity.

Work is the opposite of creativity.

- Raoul Vaneigem

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

- Raoul Vaneigem

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