Let the divine reign of Electric Light finally commence, liberating Venice from its venal moonlight of furnished rooms
Source, in full
In: 'Contra Venezia passatista', ('Against Venice, mired in the past') 27 April, 1910; as quoted in The Other Futurism: Futurist Activity in Venice, Padua and Verona, Willard Bohn, University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 2004, ISBN 0-8020-8816-3, p. 8