We glorify war, which for us is the only hygiene of the world. (First Futurist manifesto), whereas for the Germans it serves as a fat feast for crows and hyenas. The old cathedrals do not interest: but we deny medieval, plagiarist, clumsy Germany, un-endowed with creative genius, the Futuristic right to destroy works of art. This right belongs soley to the Italian creative Genius, capable of creating a new and greater beauty from the ruins of the old.
Futurist Synthesis of the War
