The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.

Quote by Wyndham Lewis

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten...

The Queen Elizabeth II provides vast amounts of entertainment for an age that has forgotten...

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...