The time for princes and tsars and holy madmen was gone. In its place came a world of war and revolution, of tanks andtelephones, murder and assassination.

Marcus Sedgwick
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Modigliani’s quote: “The time for princes and tsars and holy madmen was gone.In its place came a world of war and revolution, of tanks and telephones, murder and assassination.” It is impossible to draw a complete conclusion from this statement as it is open to interpretation. However, as the quote describes the birth of modernity as well as modernist art, there is an implication that the old ways were obsolete. Modernity is also meant to be a time of progress and development, which may be why Machiavelli said that “the end justifies the means.”

Source: Blood Red, Snow White

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