Wyndham Lewis Quotes

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• A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere. Atmosphere
• No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion. Advance
• When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such… Activity
• Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter… Average
• As a result of the feminist revolution, feminine becomes an abusive epithet. Abusive
• If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to… Abstract
• Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this the entire audience waves its… Abruptly
• Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull. Becomes
• Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary review, or read a revolutionary… Art
• Art is the expression of an enormous preference. Art
• But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—that is essential! Let me have silence so that no pin may drop and… All
• What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island? Funny
• The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value… Advertisement
• A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphereThe ideas of a time are… Arbitrary
• Elephants are VERY BIG. Motor cars go quickly. Big
• But ‘art’ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murger’s Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic Italian… All
• It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.... Comfortable
• Contradict yourself. In order to live, you must remain broken up. Broken
• I have been called a Rogue Elephant, a Cannibal Shark, and a crocodile. I am none the worse. I remain a caged, and rather sardonic,… Been
• The artist is always engaged in writing a detailed history of the future because he is the only person aware of the nature of the… Always Engaged

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