The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of… — Slobodan Milosević Copy Share Image
“We're enveloped in pitch black. "Wait here," I whisper. "Are you getting your ax?" "Handcuffs." "Kinky. But, okay, I'll try it.” — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“He smiled wickedly, and my body warmed. "Girls dig bad boys." "Unfortunately, that's true." "Is there a message, Bridge?" "In your dreams,"… — Stephanie Witter Copy Share Image
The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed. — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
You see, the contemporary writer must write through his intimations of unease, while trying to elucidate them. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Having Alexei Ratmansky create a new Romeo and Juliet for The National Ballet of Canada to mark our 60th anniversary is a… — Karen Kain Copy Share Image
The conceptual and politically-driven art so popular and considered to be the forefront of contemporary art today is limited by its topicality… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV. — David Hare Copy Share Image
Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than… — Brassai Copy Share Image
“When he spoke of love, it was in the manner of someone who can recite a phrase in a foreign language but… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I… — Frances O'Connor Copy Share Image
I feel that contemporary music, with very few exceptions, is missing the voice. You see an award show, you see a hundred… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
“What are friends for, but to help each other get through bad times and have multiple orgasms?” — Elizabeth Morgan Copy Share Image
Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which… — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the… — John Gunther Copy Share Image
All my films have raised questions on issues that are contemporary and relevant to our times. — Suresh Gopi Copy Share Image
Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of… — Adamo Macri Copy Share Image
I'm only trying to present as honest a portrayal of the grimness of human ambition as I can. I'd hope it's rather… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
“It's just...how do I put this? Maybe it's just hard for me to imagine turning down something that's so much harder for… — Liz Czukas Copy Share Image
