“The persistence of the Past is one of those tragi-comic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.” — John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga
Tag: novelty
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“Nobody wants to talk about shitty old stuff, but lots of people still talk about shitty new stuff, because they are still trying to figure out if it is shitty or not. The past wasn’t better, we just forgot about all the shitty shit.” — Frank Chimero, Let’s Talk About Timeless Design
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“There are two kinds of fools: one says, “This is old, therefore it is good”; the other says, “This is new, therefore it is better.”” — William Inge, More Lay Thoughts of a Dean
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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” — John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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“The new gets old much faster than the old gets older.” — James Richardson, Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays
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“Being innocent to the medium he doesn’t know how to make the usual mistakes.” — Edward Albee, “The Art of Theater No. 4,” The Paris Review (Fall 1966)
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