I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images
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| - | "[[I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images]]" is an often-quoted phrase by French author [[Georges Duhamel]], made famous by German philosopher [[Walter Benjamin]] in his essay ''[[The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction]]''. Duhamel detested film. The English translation of this phrase is first featured in ''[[Illuminations]]''. | + | "[[I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images]]" is an often-quoted phrase by French author [[Georges Duhamel]], made famous by German philosopher [[Walter Benjamin]] in his essay ''[[The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction]]''. Duhamel detested film. The English translation of this phrase is first featured in ''[[Illuminations]]'' (1968) by [[Harry Zohn]]. |
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"I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images" is an often-quoted phrase by French author Georges Duhamel, made famous by German philosopher Walter Benjamin in his essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Duhamel detested film. The English translation of this phrase is first featured in Illuminations (1968) by Harry Zohn.
French original
"Les images mouvantes se substituent à mes propres pensées» -- « Scènes de la vie future" », Mercure de France, Paris, 1930, p.48.
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