This quote by Woody Allen speaks with the concept that custom is often viewed as something that is unvarying and long-term. However, Allen recommends that this is an illusion, as traditions are continuously progressing and changing gradually. This quote encourages us to think about how customs are shaped by the individuals and cultures that produce them, and how they can be adjusted to fit the requirements of the present. It likewise functions as a tip that absolutely nothing is truly long-term, which even the most enduring traditions can be modified or changed. Eventually, this quote encourages us to be mindful of the power of tradition and to recognize that it is not a fixed idea, however rather something that is continuously altering and adapting to the requirements of today.
This quote is written / told by Woody Allen somewhere between December 1, 1935 and today. He was a famous Director from USA.
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"Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing"
"I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish"
"Jackass: The Movie is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body"
"I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture"
"Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition"
"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around"
