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title: "15 Purists Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Purists quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Purists sayings and thoughts."
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> [The price of purity is purists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-trillin/the-price-of-purity-is-purists/)

[Calvin Trillin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-trillin/)

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> [The purists are small in number but, you know hardy of voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-purists-are-small-in-number-but-you-know-hardy-of-voice/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

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> [People like to think of themselves as purists, but there is no such thing as purity, when there exists so much contact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-castillo/people-like-to-think-of-themselves-as-purists-but-there-is-no-such/)

[Ana Castillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-castillo/)

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> [I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-lee/i-m-not-sure-that-some-of-the-food-purists-are-in-touch-with-what/)

[Sandra Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-lee/)

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> [I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-the-hip-hop-purists-are-purists-through-and-through-they-re/)

[Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/)

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> [The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lachlan-murdoch/the-industry-is-littered-with-self-styled-purists-who-believe-the/)

[Lachlan Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lachlan-murdoch/)

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> [You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-real/you-have-your-purists-and-you-have-people-who-want-to-go-outside-of/)

[B-Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-real/)

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> [It's whatever - people like me and Dre are music people, so we're beyond just hip-hop. We're purists. Not everybody who makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/it-s-whatever-people-like-me-and-dre-are-music-people-so-we-re-beyond/)

[DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/)

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> [Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meshell-ndegeocello/music-is-my-only-guide-i-don-t-care-if-people-pigeonhole-me-miles/)

[Meshell Ndegeocello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meshell-ndegeocello/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/meshell-ndegeocello-13776_care_music-is-my-only-guide-i-don-t-care-if-p_721980.jpg)

> [Purists maintain that if you go to a baseball game you will almost always see something you have never seen before. Unfortunately,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-queenan/purists-maintain-that-if-you-go-to-a-baseball-game-you-will-almost/)

[Joe Queenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-queenan/)

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> [Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/co-mingling-really-disturbs-a-lot-of-the-purists-who-want-to-see-the/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

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> [The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-joe-armstrong/the-thing-about-punk-is-that-there-are-purists-once-you-start-going/)

[Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-joe-armstrong/)

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> [The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-world-is-full-of-vulgar-purists-who-bring-discredit-on-all/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [I think it's because we're not purists, we're open to all kinds of music. We're not afraid to take chances and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-shirazinia/i-think-it-s-because-we-re-not-purists-we-re-open-to-all-kinds-of/)

[Ali Shirazinia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-shirazinia/)

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> [Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage-year-when-language-achieved/)

[Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/)

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