“Some people, who are deeply involved in an organized, traditional religion, find it very difficult to accept that their way isn't the only way. And that their sacred text isn't the only text and it must be taken literally.” PeopleWayDifficultAcceptingTakenInvolvedSacredTraditionalOrganizedSacred Texts Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Avant garde" has become a ubiquitous label, eclectically applied to any type of art that is anti-traditional in form. At its simplest, the term is sometimes taken to describe what is new at any given time: the leading edge of artistic experiment, which is continually outdated by the next step forward.” ArtSometimesFormNextGivenTermStepsTakenTypeEdgesExperimentsTraditionalArtisticLabelsSimplestNext StepsSteps ForwardAvant GardeOutdated Book:Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992 Source: Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992
“It's taken years for people to figure out how to make good content with a gamepad, even though they've been using gamepads for decades to make traditional games.” PeopleYearsGamesTakenFiguresDecadesTraditional Author:Palmer Luckey
“To be honest about it, that is the view of Christians taken by modern society. Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are to be regarded as simpleminded.” ChristianBeliefViewsTakenModernHonestScaryTraditionalBeing HonestModern Society Author:Antonin Scalia
“Traditional Muslims stand at the foot of the ladder, living in guilt for not really practicing Islam. At the top are fundamentalists, the ones you see in the news killing women and children for the glory of the god of the Qur'an. Moderates are somewhere in between. A moderate Muslim is actually more dangerous than a fundamentalist, however, because he appears to be harmless, and you can never tell when he has taken that next step toward the top. Most suicide bombers began as moderates.” ChildrenNextStepsTakenFeetDangerousNewsGlorySuicideGuiltIslamKillingTraditionalLaddersModeratesFundamentalistNext StepsBombersSuicide Bombers Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“Just because you think the path that's right for you might be lonelier, longer or less destined for traditional success than paths taken by others, don't be afraid to take it. If you choose your means well you will end up in the right place.” IfsThinkingWellsMeanEndsMightPathTakenTraditionalYou ChooseDestinedRight Place Author:Beau Biden
“The invention of photography provided a radically new picture-making process - a process based not on synthesis but on selection. The difference was a basic one. Paintings were made - constructed from a storehouse of traditional schemes and skills and attitudes - but photographs, as the man on the street put, were taken.” MenMadeProcessDifferencesAttitudeTakenStreetsHe ManPaintingSkillsPhotographyPhotographInventionTraditionalSchemesSelectionSynthesis Author:John Szarkowski