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In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'

~Brad Holland

Topics: Being Believe Event How How Many Times Just Like Many Media Modernism Movie Postmodernism Real Reality Some Think Times Used Validate You

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Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis.

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Topics: Also Another Believe Emotions Equation Form Mind Myth Name People Pop Psychology Psychosis Reality Roots Same State Truth Truth Is Used

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Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Conclude Fiction Intellectuals Led Many Non-Fiction Observed People Some Stranger Than Truth Truth Is Well

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The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Artists Experiments Figured Going How Mass Modern Out Really Societies Thrive Truth Truth Is

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In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Aristocratic Commission Exquisite Paintings People Rich Rich People Societies Used Walls

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If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.

~Brad Holland

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Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller.

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Topics: Art Cubism Important John Most Movement Reason Rockefeller Same Still The Most Important

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Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Art Everyday Everyday Life Life Longer Movement Surrealism Term

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Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Be Careful Because Careful Get Intellectuals Machinery Might Modern Modern World Movement Proves Public Public Relations Relations Replace Should Speed Tradition Violence Wanted Who Wish World

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The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators.

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Topics: America Artists Left Only People Seem Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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