“The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms.” TryingArtistCultureTermChristianityEffectsPoetCreatingAvant GardeCreating Something Book:Art and Culture: Critical Essays Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and tradition than in inventing a unique imagery.” IdeasArtistUniqueConcernedTraditionImageryContinuityInventingModernismAdvancingAvant Garde Author:Nathan Oliveira