Modernity is the most transient of qualities.

A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the…

— Elias Canetti

One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the…

— Arnold Beichman

Altermodern is an in-progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums. The term…

— Nicolas Bourriaud

“You and I will never live to see the day that women recover their balance.”

— Zane Grey

“Further, in the modern story, reality is that which is observable, measurable, and repeatable - the kinds of phenomena available, accessible, and verifiable to…

— Tim Keel

For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun…

— George W. S. Trow

“Our modern era embodies both the Tower of Babel and Pentecost simultaneously. Like Babel, globalization and technological advancement have created linguistic and cultural fragmentation……

— Paule Patterson

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

— Queen Rania of Jordan

“An attempt to wrest from God the prerogatives of absolute freedom and infinity leads to the inversion of Pentecost and what is in effect…

— Colin E. Gunton

To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world -…

— Marshall Berman

“To be absolutely modern is to be the ally of one's grave diggers.”

— Milan Kundera

What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore…

— Andrew Sullivan

In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to…

— Kenny Smith

Modernity consists in a revolt against the prevailing style, an unyielding rage against the official order.

— Irving Howe

“Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne's…

— Robert Hughes