what are your thoughts about preservation of tradition and embracing modern trends in art and media?

In these fields, which would be more important? preservation of history and tradition? or looking towards the future?

The most impartial answer would be that it is important to maintain a collaboration between the past, present and the future. However If I should have take a stance, particularly in regards to the field of art then which one is would be of a higher priority? Tradition? or Modernization?  

I have yet to find my answer ...