Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. – Robert Motherwell
The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition. – Octavio Paz
What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood. – Radhanath Swami
You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition. – Richard Morris
Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to be very congenial to people in the libertarian tradition. – Robert Nozick
The invention of Bob Dylan with his guitar belongs in its way to the same kind of tradition of something meant to be heard, as the songs of Homer. – Robert Fitzgerald
There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. – Richard Rogers
One of the great advantages of the study of old Norse or Icelandic literature is the insight given by it into the origin of world-wide superstitions. Norse tradition is transparent as glacier ice, and its origin is as unmistakable. – Sabine Baring-Gould
I’m thrilled to continue the tradition of the spectacular, cinematic, horrifying, exciting and emotional storytelling of ‘The Walking Dead.’ I’m a huge fan of the comics, and started with the show on the other side of the set, as an avid viewer. – Scott M. Gimple
Catholicism is so steeped in imagery. It’s one of the many reasons Catholicism has given birth to so many great filmmakers compared to the Protestant tradition – even in America, where we’re primarily Protestant. – Scott Derrickson
When you create something new, you’re breaking tradition – which is an act of defiance. – Steven Strogatz
Whatever your religious tradition is, if it’s important to you and you don’t feel comfortable talking about it, you end up coming across as insincere. – Tim Kaine
Science is an integral part of culture. It’s not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It’s one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition. – Stephen Jay Gould
Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition. – Thomas Kuhn
Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India. – Zubin Mehta
‘It is finished’ will not be, as we know from the tradition of the ordering of these words from the cross, the last words of Jesus. ‘It is finished’ is a cry of victory. – Stanley Hauerwas
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. – Winston Churchill
Because the more you write the more you’re aware of the weight of your tradition and the difficulties of the form and the more you have already done that you do not want to do again. – Tobias Wolff
In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday – the act of self denial – has always been tied with being generous to those in need. – Vincent Nichols
My dad always associated information with liberation. He was very much in that Malcolm X tradition. – Ta-Nehisi Coates
For me, and most of the other players, too, if you had to pick one of the four Grand Slams, you would pick Wimbledon. It’s got tradition, it’s got atmosphere, and it’s got mystique. – Stefan Edberg
I’m a Sikh; it’s part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban. – Waris Ahluwalia
‘The Conjuring’ is incredibly effective and scary without the use of blood, gore, and death. It’s a horror film that emphasizes atmosphere and suspense in the tradition of classics like ‘Psycho’ or ‘The Others.’ – Toby Emmerich
You don’t really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition. – Theodore Bikel
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it’s the enemy of comedy. It’s the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up. – Steven Moffat
Reformation names the disunity in which we currently stand. We who remain in the Protestant tradition want to say that Reformation was a success. – Stanley Hauerwas