"We will have to create an avant-garde.... We……" — Jacques Delors

"We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde."

— Jacques Delors

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28 Quotes by Jacques Delors

Jacques Delors has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on…
My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be…
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that…
For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.
This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.
The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.
I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.
Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.
The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer…
Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

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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

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