In the first Manifesto that we launched on the 8th of March, 1910, from the stage of the Chiarella Theater in Turin, we expressed our deep-rooted disgust with, our proud contempt for, and our happy rebellion against vulgarity, mediocrity, the fanatical and snobbish worship of all that is old, attitudes which are suffocating Art in our Country.
In: Rainey et al. (eds.) Futurism: An Anthology, (2009), p. 64 : Lead paragraph - 'Manifesto of Futurist Painters,' April 1910