Quotes by : J.G. Ballard

In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.

Dissembling was so large a part of middle-class life that honesty and frankness seemed the most devious....

Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.

So, with all this time on my hands, I decided to start a revolution.

Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of....

He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother.

The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water.

In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than....

If their work is satisfying people don't need leisure in the old-fashioned sense. No one ever asks what....

They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total....