Avant Garde Quotes

66 Avant Garde quotes by 62 unique authors

The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the avant-garde, is that… — John Walford
The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms. — Clement Greenberg
We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of the new." Yesterdays… — Richard Hofstadter
What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get… — Adrien Brody
There is a place for visionaries and the avant-garde in this world, but not at 9 o'clock on a network. — Bruno Heller
Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms. — Michael Haneke
To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only… — Archie Shepp
You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last. — Michael Scott
The only place Avant Garde looks good is in the words Avant Garde. — Ed Benguiat
I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at. — Unknown Author
Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers. — Brian Greene
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it. — Brian Eno
In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz.… — Yoko Ono
It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into… — Camille Paglia
I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy; I'm a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more… — Johnny Weir
Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving… — Martin Filler
Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional materials through traditional… — Martin Filler
Now, before you make a movie, you have to have a script, and before you have a script, you have to have a story; though… — Arthur C. Clarke
Avant-garde is French for bullshit — John Lennon
What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence, the belief that there was plenty of territory to… — Robert Hughes
...if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy keeping… — Ray Bradbury
The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde. — Zaha Hadid
I think the avant-garde often hides itself in the highly incomprehensible because they are frustrated that the real world is so boring. — Bjarke Ingels
When I came to New York in 1949, there was already an entire fresh avant-garde film movement blooming in New York and California. It was… — Jonas Mekas
When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful. — Twyla Tharp

Who Wrote These Avant Garde Quotes

62 authors contributed a total of 66 Avant Garde Quotes, led by these top contributors: