“Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.” ArtGreaterGesturesSymbolismPostmodernismPostmodern Author:Andrew Eldritch
“I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.” PeopleMeanLiteratureFictionCollectivesMean PeopleHygieneTheoristsPostmodern Author:Kathy Acker
“Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.” WellsFunEnjoyAudienceComedyPostmodern Author:Bo Burnham
“I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.” FactsLinesFictionReaderBlurPostmodernFact And Fiction Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism's high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of suspension before the batteries are recharged for the new millennium, an acknowledgment that preceding the future is a strange and hybrid interregnum that might be called the last gasp of the past.” Has BeensMomentsMightLastsPastValuesSocialPrinciplesEconomicStrangeFunctionDefinitionsReplacedIdeologicalModernismPreoccupationBatteriesPostmodernismMillenniumHybridAcknowledgmentSuspensionPostmodernCusp Author:Gilbert Adair
“I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have read just bored me to tears. I don't think anybody's written about it, or very few have, with any verve.” ThinkingReadingWrittenTearsTheoryBoredPostmodern Author:Dave Eggers