A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Most men are pushed into the artist role. The artist cannot dispense with the principle of doubleness and interplay since this kind of hendiadys-dialogue is essential to the very structure of consciousness, awareness, and autonomy.
From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson (1970), p 99
Year: 1970
Chapter: Dialogue
Compiled by William Kuhns
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