The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.

Quote by Wyndham Lewis

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Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth....

Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth....

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would...

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would...

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of freedom, like a bastard...

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of freedom, like a bastard...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

Men were only made into men with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male...

Men were only made into men with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male...

Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use....

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use....

Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a...

Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a...

I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a...

I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a...

The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or...

The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

Nazis are for the New Age concern.

Nazis are for the New Age concern.

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...