"Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it"
- Brad Holland
About this Quote
This quote by Brad Holland is an alerting about the threats of blindly following the ideas of intellectuals. The quote is referring to the Futurism motion, which was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the contemporary world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. The quote is cautioning us to be mindful of what intellectuals long for, because it might become a reality. This is a pointer that we must be mindful of the repercussions of our actions and the concepts we select to follow. We must know the possible risks and rewards of any choice we make. We must also understand the capacity for unexpected effects of any action we take. Ultimately, this quote is a reminder to be thoughtful and thoughtful when making decisions.
"Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear"
"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"
"However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition"
"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"
