A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

As an investigator, I have no fixed point of view, no commitment to any theory, my own or anyone else's. As a matter of fact, I'm completely ready to junk any statement I've ever made about any subject if events don't bear me out, or if I discover it isn't contributing to an understanding of the problem. The better part of my work on media is actually somewhat like a safe-cracker's. I don't know what's inside; maybe it's nothing. I just sit down and start to work. I grope, I listen, I test, I accept and discard; I try
out different sequences — until the tumblers fall and the doors spring open.
“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media.” By Eric Norden”, in Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 54, reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 236
Year: 1969
Compiled by William Kuhns
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