A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Popular art is the clown reminding us of all the life and faculty that we have omitted from our daily routines. He ventures to perform the specialized routines of the society, acting as integral man. But integral man is quite inept in a specialist situation. This, at least, is one way to get at the art of the comics, and the art of the clown.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 167
Year: 1964
↪ Also at #5438, #5601
Compiled by William Kuhns
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