Twentieth Century Quotes

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

– Douglas Rushkoff

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

– Gertrude Stein

It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational.

– Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

– Marshall McLuhan