Paul Virilio Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I always write with images. I cannot write a book if I don't have images.

  Paul Virilio

  Book, Writing, Ifs

  Source: ctheory.net

• I have always been interested in the architecture of war, as can be seen in Bunker Archeology. However, at the time that I did the research for that book, I was very young. My aim was to understand the notion of 'Total War'.

  Paul Virilio

  War, Book, Research

  Source: ctheory.net

• I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the second deterrence: a type of deterrence based on what I call 'the information bomb' associated with the new weaponry of information and communications technologies.

  Paul Virilio

  Book, Communication, Technology

  Source: ctheory.net

• I am always concerned with ideas of territory and movement. Indeed, my first book after Bunker Archeology was entitled L'insecurite du territoire (1976).

  Paul Virilio

  Book, Ideas, Movement

  Source: ctheory.net

• If we consider my latest book, Strategie de la deception, what we need to focus on are the other aspects of the same phenomenon.

  Paul Virilio

  Book, Focus, Deception

  Source: ctheory.net

• In this way, it seems to me that, since 1984, my book on the logistics of perception has been proved totally correct. For instance, almost every conflict since then has involved the logistics of perception, including the war in Lebanon, where Israel made use of cheap drones in order to track Yasser Arafat with the aim of killing him.

  Paul Virilio

  War, Book, Order

  Source: ctheory.net

• If we look at the Gulf War, the same is also true. Indeed, my work on the logistics of perception and the Gulf War was so accurate that I was even asked to discuss it with high-ranking French military officers. They asked me: 'how is it that you wrote that book in 1984 and now it's happening for real?' My answer was: 'the problem is not mine but yours: you have not been doing your job properly!'

  Paul Virilio

  Jobs, Military, Real

  Source: ctheory.net

• For instance, in 1999, Bill Gates not only published a new book on work at the speed of thought but also detailed how Microsoft's 'Falconview' software would enable the destruction of bridges in Kosovo.

  Paul Virilio

  Book, Bridges, Microsoft

  Source: ctheory.net

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