Phillip E. Johnson

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.

American Educator

Roisin Murphy

On 'Overpowered,' there was a nostalgia for disco and early house music. But I'm a modernist and futurist as well. I do believe - and this is going to sound really pretentious, I know - that humanity will figure it out, so I'm optimistic about the future.

Irish Musician

Neri Oxman

I grew up in a modernist house, in a modernist culture. There was a love for modernism everywhere - the furniture, the books, the food, even the cutlery. So I learned very early to appreciate the value of design and the value of architecture.

American Architect

Jeffrey Eugenides

I want an ending that's satisfying. I'm more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don't like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.

American Novelist

Thom Mayne

I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.

Nathan Myhrvold

Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!

American Businessman

Frank Gehry

Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.

Kathy Acker

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

American Activist

Will Self

Who'd want to be a modernist writer in the English-speaking world?

English Author

Baz Luhrmann

Australian Director

Modernist refers to specific historical art movements, not just contemporary works.

Cultural Movements

Modernist is often confused with 'modern'; it refers to early 20th century styles, not current trends.

Not Contemporary

Modernists aimed to break away from classical and traditional forms.

Rejection of Old

In architecture and design, modernist style is characterized by minimalism and functionality.

Distinct Aesthetics

Use 'modernist' to talk about the genre or era, rather than what's currently modern.

Historical Genre

Modernist implies innovation and a departure from the past, in thought and expression.

Innovative Thinking

 and improvisation. Sort of through the turmoil and the opportunities and the incidents of the real world. We call this comic book "Yes is More," which is obviously a sort of evolution of the ideas of some of our heroes. In this case it's Mies van der Rohe's Less is More. He triggered the modernist revolution.

Bjarke Ingels: 3...

 other environmental philanthropists scholars and scientists in co-authoring an eco modernist manifesto it lays out a new vision of how to protect the environment while ensuring people across the planet can live fulfilling lives

An eco-modernist...

 Islamic thinkers and statesmen and theologians but there is a very curious pattern in the rest of the 20th century because we see a sharp decline in this Islamic modernist line and in place of that what happens

Faith versus tradition...

 structure of the ecosystem is different from anything else that's modernist so it's a unique thing and something worthy of studying further