Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigemis a Belgian writer. He was born in Lessines. After studying romance philology at the Free University of Brusselsfrom 1952 to 1956, he participated in the Situationist International from 1961 to 1970. He currently resides in Belgium and is the father of four children...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryBelgium
beauty dream humanity
Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all modern conveniences, distractions of all kinds, culture for all, the comfort of your dreams.
dream play subjectivity
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.
running dream passion
I do not dream of a gentle revolution. My passion runs to the violence of supersession, the ferocity of a life that renounces nothing.
book discover ideally order quotes reader
Ideally a book would have no order in it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
The key is within each of us. No instructions come with it.
few knowledge minds quotes since taken
Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.
complete cycle survive work
Work to survive; survive by consuming; survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete
centuries discover increasing kick people side standing time
We must discover new frontiers... People have been standing for centuries before a worm-eaten door, making pinholes in it with increasing ease. The time has come to kick it down, for it is only on the other side that everything begins.
balance insult life-is
Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.
delight preparing festivities
To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection
submission leashes
Hope is the leash of submission.
wish pleasure greatest-pleasures
What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?
winning boredom world
We have a world of pleasure to win, and nothing to lose but boredom.
It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.