The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream. — Richard Florida Copy Share Image
Smithson was someone of tremendous significance whose work was not beautiful at all. I think he was an iconoclast. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“We are culturally predisposed to sheltering criticism from criticism; we have enshrined the iconoclast” — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Man at his best is a system-breaker, an iconoclast seeking not only variety, but destruction. — John Carroll Copy Share Image
“My idea of God is a not divine idea. It has to be shattered from time to time. He shatters it Himself.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
This grossly advertised wonder [Venice], this gold idol with clay feet, this trompe-l'oeil, this painted deception, this cliche-what intelligent iconoclast could fail… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Shame be damned—own the ruin of yourself. Wear the failure like a vintage coat —torn, tattered heart— you are a worn out… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
You think that you are an iconoclast, but you’re not. You just move, or replace what you cannot have. If you fail… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“My teacher's mind and my interest in youth has brought me to some renewed conclusions, and I pass them on earnestly to… — Marion D. Hanks Copy Share Image
“But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy.… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Fatally, the term 'barbarian' is the password that opens up the archives of the twentieth century. It refers to the despiser of… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
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