Cette citation est attribuée à Jean Baudrillard, probablement tirée de son ouvrage 'Le Système des objets' (1968) ou de ses travaux sur la société de consommation et la sémiotique des objets.
"In the logic of signs as in that of symbols, objects are no longer at all linked to a defined function or need. They respond either to social logic or to that of desire, for which they serve as a shifting field."