The Futurist Manifesto

After reading this piece I realize how passionate Marinetti is about his ideas and this Manifesto of Futurism. I thought it was interesting how he thought courage, audacity, and revolt are necessary elements of poetry and artwork. One certainly does need courage to go into the art world these days, and perhaps audacity as well, but I am not so sure about revolt. I tried to compare what I was reading to what I want out of life as an artist and revolting is not something I think I will need as an artist. I thought him talking about fighting feminism was interesting as well. This being written in 1909 I figured he would be against feminism, however it was not as bad as I thought it would be. It is just interesting that that is something that would be brought up when the Manifesto seems to be directed about art. Overall, Marinetti is very excited about what he writes and ends his passage, just before the Manifesto of Futurism with "Lift up your heads! Erect on the summit of the world, once again we hurl defiance to the stars!"