Avant-garde Ceramics: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

" ... The Futurist destiny, argued the Manifesto, was one peculiarly suited to Italians, citizens of a country where the sheer quantity of the products of dead genius demanded a herculean resolve to clear space for a New Creation ... "

"In 1909 Marinetti published "The Manifesto of Futurism," in which he called for a revolutionary art that would reflect the sounds, images, and dynamism of modern life ... "