Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Born: December 22, 1876
Died: December 2, 1944 (aged 67)
Bio: Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolists artistic and literary community Abbaye de Créteil between 1907 and 1908.
Known for:
- Manifesto of Futurism (1909)
- The futurist cookbook
- Critical writings
- Selected poems and related prose
- Mafarka il futurista (1909)