Rachel Kushner

Futurism eventually got marred by its link to Fascism, but early on, it was totally avant-garde, and I wanted to dream a phantom link from the early futurists to the politically radical Italy of the 1970s, a time of fun, play, subversion - if also violence and mayhem.

American Writer

Molly Ivins

From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of person who read a book or two on something and would then be quite afire as to how this was going to fit into some shining future.

American Journalist

Douglas Rushkoff

I think there can be a positive sort of futurism even in a presentist society. But I think it's a kind of futurism that envisions augmenting human ability and intellect rather than creating some artificial machine intelligence that displaces us.

Brad Holland

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.

American Artist

James Hillman

Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever.

American Psychologist

Michio Kaku

Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great work. But they're not scientists. They're clueless.

American Physicist

Jamais Cascio

Futurism is almost like a vaccination. You inject a little bit of a denatured pathogen to prepare your body in case you encounter it for real.

Jay Kristoff

With a far-future setting merging Chinese and American culture, 'Firefly' also saw high-tech futurism blended with the traditional Wild West.

Australian Author

Toyah Willcox

Melissa Caplan made my costumes from the 70s to the mid-80s. I was very influenced by futurism and reading a lot of Marge Piercy.

English Musician

If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.

Futurism in art refers to a movement that started in Italy around 1909.

Early 20th Century

Artistic futurism celebrated advances in technology, emphasizing speed and industrial development.

Technological Themes

Futurism in art implies a positive outlook towards the future and its possibilities.

Optimistic View

Futurism is the study of future trends and scenarios, not just a prediction of the future.

Forward-Looking Study

Futurism uses data and current trends, rather than guesswork, to forecast the future.

Beyond Speculation

Futurism often specifically relates to technology and how it might evolve.

Technology Focus

 that I can possibly come up with, and then I go back into research mode, and I try to make it as plausible as I can by looking at a mixture of urban futurism, design porn and technological speculation.