Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Paul Virilio
Born: January 4, 1932
Died: September 10, 2018 (aged 86)
Bio: Paul Virilio was a French cultural theorist and urbanist. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military.
Known for:
- Speed & Politics (1986)
- The aesthetics of disappearance (1991)
- War and Cinema (1989)
- The information bomb (2000)
- The Vision Machine (1994)