A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

When a thing is current, it creates currency; fashion creates wealth by moving textiles and making them ever more current.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 154
Quote #4257
Year: 1964
Chapters: Fashion | McLuhanisms & Zingers | Money
↪ Also at #2278, #4757
Compiled by William Kuhns
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