A bell is to auditory space what a polished surface is to a visu… — “Television Murders Telephony,” in Explorations 8, October (1957), unnumbered page “section 23”, Issue later reprinted as Verbi-Voco-Visual, (1967); no pagination in the original or the reprint.

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

A bell is to auditory space what a polished surface is to a visual space - a mirror. ALP is river mirror of HCE the mountain. It is he for whom the belles toil.

“Television Murders Telephony,” in Explorations 8, October (1957), unnumbered page “section 23”, Issue later reprinted as Verbi-Voco-Visual, (1967); no pagination in the original or the reprint.

Quote #8

Year: 1957

Chapter: Acoustic Space