When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Artistic movements often reject past traditions to establish their own distinct identity.
- In plain terms
- New artists tend to reject what came before.
- What can you take from it?
- Innovation often requires rejecting tradition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do new movements reject the past?
- What traditions do you feel bound by?
Another view
It dismisses the value of learning from previous generations.
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