The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.

More Quotes by Marshall McLuhan

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.

Art is anything you can get away with.

We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.

Affluence creates poverty.

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.