We say that the world's magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. Time and Space died yesterday. We already live in the absolute, because we have created eternal, omnipresent speed.
Filippo Tommaso MarinettiRead
There is no longer beauty except in the struggle. No more masterpieces without an aggressive character. Poetry must be a violent assault against the unknown forces in order to overcome them and prostrate them before men.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Beauty and mastery come from struggle and confrontation with challenges.
This quote by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti emphasizes the idea that true beauty and artistic masterpieces emerge from the struggle and conflict of creation. It suggests that art should aggressively confront the unknown and challenge existing boundaries, transforming those struggles into something profound and impactful for humanity.
Themes
StruggleBeautyArtPoetryCreation
In practice
Example use cases
In an artist's statement during an exhibition, to convey the depth of their work.
More from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
All quotes →Similar quotes
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
Taylor SwiftRead
I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.
John IrvingRead
What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one... It’s this in-between that I’m calling a province, this frontier country between the tangible world and the intangible one - which is really the realm of the artist.
Federico FelliniRead
Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk.
Paul KleeRead
Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.
August WilsonRead
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.
Peter DinklageRead