I’m not in favour of change at any time because it’s such a nuisance. I resent the demands it makes on my energy. As far as following a whim of fashion, why, that’s ridiculous. If clothing were actually used to enhance the quality of life and beauty, well that would be different. But it’s never been handled that way, except in primitive times. By the Balinese, for example, who said: “We have no art. We do everything as naturally as possible.”
“Miniskirt Tribalism,” interview in Rags, October (1970), p 23
Year: 1970
Chapter:
McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan