The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer.

 

The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer.
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quoted in "Marshall McLuhan, Author, Dies; Declared 'Medium Is the Message'" by Alden Whitman, The New York Times, January 1, 1981

 

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