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title: "8 Tradition Tradition Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mouratoglou/it-s-time-to-realise-that-tradition-is-fantastic-but-if-because-of/)

[Patrick Mouratoglou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mouratoglou/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/patrick-mouratoglou-14129_live_it-s-time-to-realise-that-tradition-is-f_148568.png)

> [If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-brendel/if-i-belong-to-a-tradition-it-is-a-tradition-that-makes-the/)

[Alfred Brendel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-brendel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/alfred-brendel-34013_belong_if-i-belong-to-a-tradition-it-is-a-tradi_803742.jpg)

> [The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-moffat/the-trouble-with-a-series-as-it-gets-older-is-it-can-feel-like-a/)

[Steven Moffat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-moffat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/steven-moffat-2328_comedy_the-trouble-with-a-series-as-it-gets-old_1264332.jpg)

> [The emphasis on original, individual work in the past years has done a great deal to produce a crop of eccentric fakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/the-emphasis-on-original-individual-work-in-the-past-years-has-done-a/)

[John French Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-french-sloan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/john-french-sloan-13441_art_the-emphasis-on-original-individual-work_1339860.jpg)

> [Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/tradition-is-no-longer-a-continuity-but-a-series-of-sharp-breaks-the/)

[Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/octavio-paz-1790_break_tradition-is-no-longer-a-continuity-but_1720256.jpg)

> [If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-brendel/if-i-belong-to-a-tradition-it-is-a-tradition-that-makes-the-2/)

[Alfred Brendel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-brendel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/alfred-brendel-34013_composer_if-i-belong-to-a-tradition-it-is-a-tradi_1941628.jpg)

> [My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tippett/my-true-function-within-a-society-which-embraces-all-of-us-is-to/)

[Michael Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tippett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/michael-tippett-25840_artist_my-true-function-within-a-society-which_2215957.png)

> [I detest tradition for tradition's sake; the half-alive; that which is not real. I feel no hatred of individuals, but of customs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/i-detest-tradition-for-tradition-s-sake-the-half-alive-that-which-is/)

[Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/alfred-stieglitz-13773_alive_i-detest-tradition-for-tradition-s-sake_2558727.jpg)

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