“Humanity has been institutionalized and we are all the products of commercial and institutional life.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
There's a lot of bad isms floating around this world, but one of the worst is commercialism. — George Seaton Copy Share Image
Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
This is hopeless. We're just going to have to face that the commercialism has been sucked out of Christmas — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a turd in the punch bowl is all I gotta say/Here you go Planet Earth get your cup and take a… — C-DASH Copy Share Image
Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge… — Ernest A Jones Copy Share Image
“I would be perfectly willing if a publisher came up to me and said, "I need a novel about underwater Nazi cheerleaders… — Michael McDowell Copy Share Image
Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“FRUITS AND NUTS Keep jumping around them like monkeys. The clones, Commercialized zombies, And the TV junkies. Keep throwing berries, Twigs, And… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
In the midst of all the candy and commercialism, let's not lose sight of the true meaning of Halloween: tree worship and… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
I'd say we need a balance between commercialism and the humanitarian aspects of life. And we need to start by being grateful… — Rhea Pillai Copy Share Image
Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
It’s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesn’t Live… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I think it's very important to really find the wheat amidst the chafe and not give into superficialities, to not get caught… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
“Since inception, the IPL has worn its brand value like a corroboration of inner virtue. On the eve of this tournament, under… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The arts shows that you're civilized, and it makes life sweet. So you can exist and you can buy more things and… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“But commercialism is the last sinkhole of love, and when reached, by paths of desperation and paths of cruelty, misused emotions—all hope… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“Well, this is only a story, isn't it? I mean, our patrons, anyone who comes to this park, are they going to… — Pam Jones Copy Share Image
“As I walk through, a kind of amazed mantra starts running through my head: There is no end to the making and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The crude commercialism of America, its materialising spirit, its indifference to the poetical side of things, and its lack of imagination and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Sambit Bal may be right that this is a scandal the IPL needed. It certainly brings fans face-to-face with the tangled reality… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
I don't hold it against Dizzy [Gillespie], you know, but if a guy wants to play a certain way, you work towards… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Commercialism is the blemish on the fair face of American life. Fighting against the terrible conditions of the explorer and pioneer, our… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
“In a way, what Tarantino has done with the French New Wave and with David Lynch is what Pat Boone did with… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are involved in art because of the fashion of art and the conversation. It gives them… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“Commercialism and Privilege hold their powers in what they devalue. They sometimes prevent raw talent from breaking light” — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's just too much. It's pollution. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism. — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“Female magazines were rubbish--most of them were candy-floss for the brain.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
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