Jacques AttaliThe first path a human being ever travels is the path that leads out of the maternal womb. Every human being's first labyrinth is that of a woman.377Humanity
Jacques AttaliNow we must learn to judge a society by its sounds.316Humanity
Jacques AttaliGlobal governance is just a euphemism for global government.262Politics
Jacques AttaliWhat is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of it all, never before have musicians tried so hard… ▶297DeathPoliticsReading
Jacques AttaliToday, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore. ✨ Jacques Attali (1985). Noise: The Political Economy of Music, p.… ▶171HumanityPolitics
Jacques AttaliFor twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not le… ▶189Politics
Jacques AttaliChange is inscribed in noise faster than it transforms society. ✨ Jacques Attali (1985). Noise: The Political Economy of Music, p.5, Manchester University Press178HumanityPolitics
Jacques AttaliWhat is noise to the old order is harmony to the new. ✨ Jacques Attali (1985). Noise: The Political Economy of Music, p.35, Manchester University Press158Politics
