Quotes by Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art

Explore a curated collection of 6 quotes by Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

The Culture gives us so much, but in fact it’s only taking things away from us, lobotimizings everybody in it, taking aw — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art
That’s what we’ve lost, you know. What you’ve lost; all of you. A sense of wonder and awe and . . . sin. These people kn — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art
On Earth one of the things that a large proportion of the locals is most proud of is this wonderful economic system whic — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art
Now, quite apart from the fact that, from the point of view of the Earther, socialism suffers the devastating liability — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art
There is something about the very idea of a city which is central to the understanding of a planet like Earth, and parti — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art
It was the soul of the machine, the ethological epicentre, the planetary ground zero of their commercial energy. I could — Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art