In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it… — Marilyn Strathern Copy Share Image
If Tehran insists on combining the Persian imperial tradition with contemporary Islamic fervor, then a collision with America and, indeed, with its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather… — Ernest West Basden Copy Share Image
“Around eighth grade Margot started getting really sensitive about her weight, even though she wasn’t remotely fat—just a little round-faced. So Margot… — Isobel Irons Copy Share Image
Whatever happens, every individual is a child of his time; so philosophy too is its own time apprehended in thoughts. It is… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Imprisonment in the contemporary is the worst of all intellectual tyrannies. — Weston La Barre Copy Share Image
In contemporary society secular humanism has been singled out by critics and proponents alike as a position sharply distinguishable from any religious… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
Most contemporary fiction sucks. It's intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It's cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
They're great instrumentalists, singers and songwriters and they have this unique way of blending contemporary with traditional. The result is this beautiful… — Cindy Cashdollar Copy Share Image
“Everything has changed, and nothing has altered. Oh, what a fate.” — A.H. Septimius Copy Share Image
To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
Women's studies needed a syllabus and so invented a canon overnight. It puffed up clunky, mundane contemporary women authors into Oz-like, skywriting… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I didn't put him in his place. I was acknowledging his blind spot. We all have them. It just takes the right… — Lauren Lola Copy Share Image
Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called 'the human heart in conflict with itself'.… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people… — Wade Guyton Copy Share Image
We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life...… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
Like no other writer in contemporary American literature, Brock Clarke has a way of looking at us, I mean looking straight at… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
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