"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.
"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"
