Iggy showed the error of human existence, the breathless nearness of death, and the lure of fun and action. He was like a much better-looking version of Schopenhauer.

To what extent can a revolution of the inner world impact the external, material world surrounding us?

“There is something deeply humiliating in such a situation.”

“The thing about punk is that you’re allowed to talk about anything. Kids can talk about whatever they want. There’s nobody saying, ‘No, you can’t do that, it’s not punk.’”

“This text was written at the end of 1962, after my return from Algeria. For me the text is the matrix for Tombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats.” P.G.

Where do you go when you disappear?

“Communism will be when we understand something of love.”

it seemed like we’d just been in some horrible dream

Philosophy is found wanting. It is considered anachronistic, some say dead. The tradition is in ruins.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s closeness to fascism has put him in a dubious light. Barbara Basting tells of her personal fascination with futurism and her dehabituation from its aura and central figure.