A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.
Wyndham LewisAll orthodox opinion - that is, today, "revolutionary" opinion either of the pure or the impure variety - is anti-man.
Wyndham LewisBut โartโ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murgerโs Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic Italian model: but the poetry, above all, of linseed oil and turpentine.
Wyndham LewisThe puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of 'decency.' The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.
Wyndham Lewis