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Modernism Quotes by Clement Greenberg
- Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art.
- Decoration is asked to be 'merely' pleasing, 'merely' embellishing, and the 'functional' logic of Modernism leaves no room, apparently, for such 'mereness.' This is part…
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- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan
- The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can… — Albert Camus
- The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. — Thomas Carlyle
- Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy. — Frank A. Clark
- Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- You are born modern, you do not become so. — Jean Baudrillard
- When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it. — Eric Hoffer
- The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery. — Upton Sinclair
- The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they… — Bruce Barton
- Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune. — Oscar Wilde