A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The word “fake,” of course, is from the Latin “facio, facere, feci, factum.” Making is literally faking. The artist as “maker” is always in quest of a colossal fiction.
“The Genuine Original Imitation Fake, DEWLine Newsletter, No 6, May-June 1970, p 4
Year: 1970
Chapter: Fake
Compiled by William Kuhns
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