Century Quote by Laura Riding

I'm truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines.

— Richard Grossman

Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic.

— Theaster Gates

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

“The ordinary writer has an unmistakable preference for this style, because it causes the reader to spend time and trouble in understanding that which…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

“The standard heroes and heroines of novels, are personages in whom I could never, from childhood upwards, take an interest, believe to be natural,…

— Charlotte Brontë

Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just…

— James Fenton

“I have written in my life many critical poems, but viewed in retrospect, they were merely a human harmless reflection, and not a true…

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

The ideal form for a poem, essay, or fiction, is that which the ideal writer would evolve spontaneously. One in whom the powers of…

— Herbert Spencer

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve.…

— Eva Zeisel

It's a post-modern classic written way before there was any modernism to be post about.

— Steve Coogan

I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous.

— Angela Carter

I hope I'm not implying role of contemporary poet for myself, although there's a kind of resonant paradigm. It's traditionally a difficult role.

— Anne Waldman