True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought and action, not tutelage under European schoolmasters. It is science but not its wrong application to life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True modernism is mental freedom and independent thought, not following European trends.
- In plain terms
- Modernism means thinking freely, not copying others.
- What can you take from it?
- Modernism is independent thought, not copying.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does modernism mean to you?
- How independent is your thought?
Another view
It may undervalue learning from external models.
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