Modernism Quotes

I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was...

I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was...

The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustratin...

If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.

He is romantic—romantic,” he repeated. “And that is very bad—very bad. . . . Very good, too,” he add...

I realize then that the disappearance of a culture does not signify the disappearance of human value...

Every novel says to the reader: “Things are not as simple as you think.” That is the novel’s eternal...

Having arrived at this point, he had found no direction in which to go save that of further withdraw...

Every little thing makes a difference, whether you decide it yourself or whether it’s pure accident....

Yes, but does Maine have anything to SAY to Florida?

It's ugly, but is it art?

In one sense, (Duchamp's) “The Large Glass” is a glimpse into Hell; a peculiarly modernist Hell of r...

For instance? Well, for instance, what it means to be a man. In a city. In a century. In transition....

But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.

The Bible depicts a world that, seen through modern eyes, is staggering in its savagery. People ensl...

Quentin had grown up with that; the mere names were interchangeable and almost myriad. His childhood...

The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!

Yes, I do believe in something. I believe in being warm-hearted. Ibelieve especially in being warm-h...

Literature is language charged with meaning