Quotes about Modernism

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Women's liberation is one thing, but the permeation of anti-male sentiment in post-modern popular culture - from our moc — Tiffany Madison
But this wealth of information produced little or no insight. — Stephen King, The Gunslinger
…is postmodernity the pastime of an old man who scrounges in the garbage-heap of finality looking for leftovers, who bra — Jean-François Lyotard
In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand n — Terry Eagleton, The Meaning of Life
An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of T — C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would onl — Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life
For someone who is far from God, silence is a difficult confrontation with his own self and with the rather dismal reali — Robert Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Before this generation lose the wisdom, one advice - read books. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects. — Roger Zelazny, Prince of Chaos
For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for — Neil Gaiman, Dream Country
You too, you took an interest in the world. That was long ago. I want you to cast your mind back to then. The domain of — Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
...if you do not even understand what words say,how can you expect to pass judgementon what words conceal? — H.D., Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
In the glad old days, before the rise of modern morbidities...it used to be thought a disadvantage to be misunderstood. — G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic an — Jonathan Lethem
I am simply not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters. — Lydia Davis
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, ne — Jim Jarmusch
We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface, often vented with cutting words. Philosophically, you can — Ravi Zacharias, Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble a — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The melancholy of the antique world seems to me more profound than that of the moderns, all of whom more or less imply t — Flaubert Gustave