What childish respect for images! Guy Debord, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
The existing images only reinforce the existing lies. Guy Debord, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
The specialization of images of the world has culminated in a world of autonomized images where even the deceivers are deceived. Guy Debord, La société du spectacle §2
When the real world is transformed into mere images, mere images become real beings—figments that provide the direct motivations for a hypnotic behavior. Guy Debord, La société du spectacle §18
The reigning deceptions of the time are on the
point of causing us to forget that truth may also be displayed by means
of images. An image that has not been deliberately separated from its
meaning can add great precision and certainty to knowledge. Nobody
had ever cast doubt on this until these last few years. Guy Debord, Panégyrique