Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
Source: Diary of a Genius, Prologue, 1966; entry for 15 Jul 1952.
-- Salvador Dali, (May 11 1904-1989), Spanish painter, printmaker; He led the Surrealist Movement; noted for his explorations of subconscious imagery, e.g., Persistence of Memory, 1931.