"Some of the most radical work is being……" — Harmony Korine
"Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory."
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- I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies. — Nicolas Cage
- Avant-gardism is an addiction that can be appeased only by a revolution in permanence. — Harold Rosenberg
- More than a rejection or dissolution of the past, avant-garde originality is conceived as a literal origin, a beginning from… — Unknown Author
- Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today. — Andrew Sarris
- Life is like Avant Garde. It will make you uncomfortable, and leave the room. But always remember to come back… — Valerie Cruz
- Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it’s not the way.… — Gyorgy Ligeti
- Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30… — Neville Marriner
- I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family… — Marjane Satrapi
- Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry. — Marc Ribot
- The avant-garde makes more sense to me. — John Cale
- Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should – and must – question… — Dieter Rams
- I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and… — Henry Flynt