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Wyndham Lewis, a British painter, writer, and art critic, was born on November 18, 1882, in London and died on March 7, 1957. He is known for his unique artistic style and theoretical contributions, being a significant figure in British modernist art.

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“Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth... What a stupid word! What a stale fuss!”

Mind Art Earth Stupid Revolutionary Renewal Stale

Book:The Art of Being Ruled

Source: The Art of Being Ruled

“God is, of course, a terrifying reality. I had thought that I knew all about God, and had Him in a pigeon hole. But I met Him at the corner of a street -- He entered my mind with a bang, and nearly burst my head open.”

Mind Reality Courses Streets Mets Corners Holes Bangs Pigeons

Book:The Red Priest

Source: The Red Priest

“The Future is distant, like the Past, and therefore sentimental. The mere element "Past" must be retained to sponge up and absorb our melancholy. Everything absent, remote, requiring projection in the veiled weakness of the mind, is sentimental.”

Mind Past Elements Weakness Mere Melancholy Sentimental Projection Absent Sponges

Book:Blast

Source: Blast

“The streets of a modern city are depressing. They are so aimless and so weak in their lines and their masses, that the mind and senses jog on their way like passengers in a train with blinds down in an overcrowded carriage.”

Way Mind Lines Cities Streets Modern Mass Weak Train Senses Depressing Passengers Carriages

Book:The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work

Source: The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work

“The teacher does not have to be, although he has to know: he is the mind imagining, not the executant.”

Knows Mind Doe Teacher

Book:The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work

Source: The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work

“Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary review, or read a revolutionary speech, we yawn our heads off. It is true, there is nothing else. Everything is correctly, monotonously, dishearteningly revolutionary. What a stupid word! What a stale fuss!”

Mind Art Earth Stupid Revolution Speech Revolutionary Reviews Rebellious Stale

Author:Wyndham Lewis

“But let me have silence always, in the centre of the shouting—that is essential! Let me have silence so that no pin may drop and not be heard, and not a whisper escape us for all our spouting, nor the needle's scratching upon this gramophone of a circular cosmic spot. Hear me! Mark me! Learn me! Throw the mind's ear open—shut up the mind's eye—all will be music!”

Mind May Eye Silence Heard Essentials Ears Let Me Mark Spots Cosmic Shut Up Centre Pins Needles Shouting

Book:Wyndham Lewis, Collected Poems and Plays

Source: Wyndham Lewis, Collected Poems and Plays

About the Author

Born: November 18, 1882
Died: March 7, 1957
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 81

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The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His WorkRelated source material

The Art of Being RuledRelated source material

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Wyndham Lewis: an anthology of his proseRelated source material

The Diabolical Principle and The Dithyrambic SpectatorRelated source material

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Blasting & BombardieringRelated source material

Wyndham Lewis: collected poems and playsRelated source material

Blasting and Bombardiering: AutobiographyRelated source material

Enemy Salvoes: Selected Literary CriticismRelated source material

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