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Modernist Quotes

Faith is like wi-fi, it’s invisible but it has the power to connect you to what you need Picture Quote #1

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past Picture Quote #1

Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I’m sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it’s absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013 Picture Quote #1

Today we take New England clam chowder as something traditional that makes our roots as American cooking very solid, with a lot of foundation. But the first person who decided to mix potatoes and clams and bacon and cream, in his own way 100 to 200 years ago, was a modernist Picture Quote #1

Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives Picture Quote #1

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My education was dominated by modernist thinkers and artists who taught me that the supreme imperative was courage to face the awful truth, to scorn the soft-minded optimism of religious and secular romantics as well as the corrupt optimism of governments, advertisers, and mechanistic or manipulative revolutionaries Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past Picture Quote #1

Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as ‘religion’ and naturalism as ‘science’ - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open Picture Quote #1

I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature Picture Quote #1

I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced a bit by some of the particular qualities of the Bay Area. The weather and the atmosphere here is so exotic, like the fog rolling in and the nuanced differences in the quality of light Picture Quote #1

All that stuff about flatness - it’s this idea that painting is a specialized discipline and that modernist painting increasingly refers to painting and is refining the laws of painting. But who cares about painting? What we care about is that the planet is heating up, species are disappearing, there’s war, and there are beautiful girls here in Brooklyn on the avenue and there’s food and flowers Picture Quote #1

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I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature Picture Quote #1

I’m truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines Picture Quote #1

Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They’re modernist, they’re cold, and now architects want to go back to that Picture Quote #1

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist Picture Quote #1

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two Picture Quote #1

Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less! Picture Quote #1

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I want an ending that’s satisfying. I’m more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don’t like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough Picture Quote #1

The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion Picture Quote #1

Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world Picture Quote #1

Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet not sacrifice anything essential to its effect as art. Here, as before, successful art can be depended upon to explain itself Picture Quote #1

Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification Picture Quote #1

I don’t want any colour to be noticeable... I don’t want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid Picture Quote #1

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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules Picture Quote #1

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Faith is like wi-fi, it’s invisible but it has the power to connect you to what you need (Modernist Quotes) The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist (Modernist Quotes) The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past (Modernist Quotes) Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I’m sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it’s absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013. (Modernist Quotes) Today we take New England clam chowder as something traditional that makes our roots as American cooking very solid, with a lot of foundation. But the first person who decided to mix potatoes and clams and bacon and cream, in his own way 100 to 200 years ago, was a modernist. (Modernist Quotes) Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives. (Modernist Quotes) My education was dominated by modernist thinkers and artists who taught me that the supreme imperative was courage to face the awful truth, to scorn the soft-minded optimism of religious and secular romantics as well as the corrupt optimism of governments, advertisers, and mechanistic or manipulative revolutionaries. (Modernist Quotes) The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past. (Modernist Quotes) Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as ‘religion’ and naturalism as ‘science’ - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open. (Modernist Quotes) I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature. (Modernist Quotes) I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced a bit by some of the particular qualities of the Bay Area. The weather and the atmosphere here is so exotic, like the fog rolling in and the nuanced differences in the quality of light (Modernist Quotes) All that stuff about flatness - it’s this idea that painting is a specialized discipline and that modernist painting increasingly refers to painting and is refining the laws of painting. But who cares about painting? What we care about is that the planet is heating up, species are disappearing, there’s war, and there are beautiful girls here in Brooklyn on the avenue and there’s food and flowers (Modernist Quotes) I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature (Modernist Quotes) I’m truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines (Modernist Quotes) Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They’re modernist, they’re cold, and now architects want to go back to that (Modernist Quotes) I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist (Modernist Quotes) Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two (Modernist Quotes) Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less! (Modernist Quotes) I want an ending that’s satisfying. I’m more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don’t like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough (Modernist Quotes) The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion (Modernist Quotes) Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world (Modernist Quotes) Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet not sacrifice anything essential to its effect as art. Here, as before, successful art can be depended upon to explain itself (Modernist Quotes) Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification (Modernist Quotes) I don’t want any colour to be noticeable... I don’t want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid (Modernist Quotes) I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules (Modernist Quotes)