Balzac loved courtesans. They were independent women, and in the 19th century, that was a breed that was just evolving. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things I discovered is that in the late 19th century, painters actually had black-and-white copies made of their… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I'm just interested in serialization in fiction. I'm fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I'm interested in ways to bring… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In the post-enlightenment Europe of the 19th century the highest authority was no longer the Church. Instead it was science. Thus was… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable. — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
During the 19th-century struggle for women's rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Since the birth of modern Orthodox Judaism in 19th-century Germany, a central goal of the movement has been to normalize the observance… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
My wife Hillary sometimes accuses me of trying to reinvent the 19th century. In some ways she's right because I like things… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
The thing I love about Dickens is the omniscient, omnipotent narrator, and the great confidence of the narrator, which marks 19th-century novelists… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a… — Verity Stob Copy Share Image
“(...) a ingenuidade se mantém como a indumentária de honra do gênio, assim como a nudez é a da beleza.” — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
If you read novels of the 19th century, they're pretty experimental. They take lots of chances; they seem to break a lot… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale… — Peter York Copy Share Image
I love the 19th-century idea of the flaneur, the poet wandering through the streets. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
On the left is the realist tradition of the 19th century, with its impulse to social description, radical criticism and meditation on… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular… — Anne Wojcicki Copy Share Image
I am a curious creature and put my finger in as many cakes as I can: history, film, technology, etc. I'm also… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
We've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures. — Amory Lovins Copy Share Image
“At all times it is a bewildering thing to the poor weaver to see his employer removing from house to house, each… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
In the same way that slavery was a moral challenge for the 19th century and totalitarianism was a challenge for the 20th… — Sheryl WuDunn Copy Share Image
