Raoul Vaneigem Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Raoul Vaneigem quotes and sayings page 2 (philosopher). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 21 we have.

“We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.”

“There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.”

“It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.”

“Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.”

“Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.”

“Work is the opposite of creativity.”

“The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.”

“To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.”

“What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?”

“Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live.”