In 1909, The Futurist Manifesto was published in the French journal Le Figaro.

An excerpt: “We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing automobile with its bonnet adorned with great tubes like serpents with explosive breath … a roaring motor car which seems to run on machine-gun fire, is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace.”

Above: Italian poet, and author of the Manifesto, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.