Avant garde Quote by Harmony Korine

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

You want to embrace what the idea of pop music is. Not necessarily the stereotype of pop music; there was a time when you'd…

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Avant-garde is the one area of music that has never changed. It doesn't mean anything.

— Jeff Tweedy

I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that.

— Julia Holter

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

The avant-garde feel important, but they hardly understand what they're doing.

— Vangelis

The avant-garde understands itself as invading unknown territory, exposing itself to the dangers of sudden, shocking encounters, conquering an as yet unoccupied future ...…

— Jurgen Habermas

No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is.

— Russell Smith

I don't appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.

— Ravi Shankar

I think every artist reaches a place where they want to transcend genre.

— Lecrae

I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you can get…

— Patrick Stump