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Quotes about novelty
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. (Arendt Hannah)
The New is not a fashion, it is a value. (Arendt Hannah)
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. (Arendt Hannah)
We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity. (Arendt Hannah)
Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home. (Arendt Hannah)
To the old, the new is usually bad news. (Arendt Hannah)
The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. (Arendt Hannah)
Always something new, seldom something good. (Arendt Hannah)
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it cost them. (Arendt Hannah)
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