taken from: manifesto of futurism, 1909

original text:

'WE DECLARE:1 That all forms of imitation must be despised, all forms of originality glorified.2 That it is essential to rebel against the tyranny of the terms 'harmony' and 'good taste' as being too elastic expressions, by the help of which it is easy to demolish the works of Rembrandt, of Goya and of Rodin.3 That the art critics are useless or harmful.4 That all subjects previously used must be swept aside in order to express our whirling life of steel, of pride, of fever and of speed.5 That the name of 'madman' with which it is attempted to gag all innovators should be looked upon as a title of honour.6 That innate complementariness is an absolute necessity in painting, just as free metre in poetry or polyphony in music.7 That universal dynamism must be rendered in painting as a dynamic sensation.8 That in the manner of rendering Nature the first essential is sincerity and purity.9 That movement and light destroy the materiality of bodies. [...]'

about the quoted person:

Futurism was an international art movement founded in Italy in 1909 by f.t. marinetti. It was a reaction to the sentimentalism of Romanticism. The Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than enjoying the modern world's comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible. Fearing and attacking technology had become almost second nature to many people; the Futurists reacted against them. they published about 200 manifestos about their thoughts.during world war ii it turned out that most futurists had fascist sympathies.