A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Good taste is the expression of a colossal incompetence. It is the “putting on" of the genteel audience as a mask or net by which to capture ambient snob appeal.
Through the Vanishing Point with Harley Parker (1968), p 185
Year: 1968
Chapter: Masks
Compiled by William Kuhns
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