[With a newspaper] you see the whole front page at once. There i… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 143

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[With a newspaper] you see the whole front page at once. There is no story line possible. The editorial page is a story line. To reduce all these individual stories to one story line would be perspective, that is, an editorial. You can’t put it on Page One.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 143

Quote #3513

Year: 1967

Chapters: Linear and Nonlinear | News

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