Quotes About Modern

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.

whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated and as violent, as totally unsuggestive of the word innocence, as a modern war.

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.

Because I work quite slowly, I have to keep myself interested over a long research and writing period. So I can't see myself writing about modern middle-class Londoners anytime soon.

The UN, of course, must also adapt to modern demands and take into account the reality of the modern world in its work.

The traditional techniques used in getting sleep aren't much effective any longer and our sleep techniques need to evolve as rapidly as our life style has, in order to cope with it.

The New Age? It's just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.

We're stuck in the concrete age. Concrete has really become this ever-present material that's almost impossible to get away from. It's cheap, abundant, and easy to work with, and to an extent, that's good.

There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use of moral equivalence to avoid confronting evil during the Cold War.

The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It's not so much a position of power anymore, but a position of influence.

I'm not much into current electronic stuff, what I think of as lounge electronics, mumbling electronics.

Mashed potatoes with stuff in it? That's '90s.

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.

Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

It is, after all, impossible in the modern world to shield everyone from nonsense and stupidity.

My style is a bit of what I like to call chic-casual. It is easy and comfortable.

For me, I analyze the modern girl, the girl that I'm friends with, and they're empowered: They pay their own bills. They have their own style. They wear clothes - the clothes don't wear them.

I had imagined doing nuclear physics and cosmic ray work in greater style in peace time. To do modern physics in a small way is of no use of all.

My autumn/winter 2011-12 collection embodies the bold and beautiful while reflecting an innovative style and passion for immaculate design. I believe that this collection radiates modern femininity and beauty in its purest form.

I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is rehashed rock n' roll.

My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.

I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.