Once upon a time men resisted the implications of actuality. That day is gone. We know now that art is the thing itself together with its extensions into superfluity. Not pop art, I hasten to say, which sneers and exaggerates. This is popular art, which simply exists. This is the age in which we unconditionally accept the unacceptable, and thus proclaim the naturalness of our artificiality.


Chapter 28 (p. 187) - Dimension of Miracles (1968)

Robert Sheckley Quotes

Once upon a time men resisted the implications of actuality. That day is gone. We know now that art is the thing itself together with its extensions...

Once upon a time men resisted the implications of actuality. That day is gone. We know now that art is the thing itself together with its extensions...

Once upon a time men resisted the implications of actuality. That day is gone. We know now that art is the thing itself together with its extensions...

Once upon a time men resisted the implications of actuality. That day is gone. We know now that art is the thing itself together with its extensions...