Modernism Quote by John Crowe Ransom

By Modernism, I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change; in novelty for its own…

— Dan Cruickshank

Modernism is the protein of our cultural imagination.

— Robert Hughes

My definition of modernism took a while to develop.

— Peter Gay

Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own.

— Phillip E. Johnson

“The problem with modernism is that we actually believe, naively and arrogantly, that we can in some way hold any concept and grasp it…

— Tobin Wilson

Modernism is an outmoded way of thinking about design: it just doesn't reflect the way we live now. It always puts forward this idea…

— Marcel Wanders

I haven't changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it... It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the…

— Paul Rand

Modernism', as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere.

— Tom Turner

Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.

— Mason Cooley

Modernism is about space. Postmodernism is about communication. You should do what turns you on.

— Robert Venturi

Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God.

— Bryan Appleyard

“The modern period is defined by a distinctive worldview, forged in all its essentials during the Enlightenment, which we’ll label “modernism” for lack of…

— Heath White