I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I suppose in a way most of my characters are non-consumers, not terribly interested in all the little baubles and artifacts of… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Gucci has always represented great design and contemporary lifestyle. — Marco Bizzarri Copy Share Image
I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Dawkins claims that the living world came to be by way of unguided evolution: “the Evidence of Evolution,” he says, “Reveals a… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share Image
The Daoist appeal to simplicity can be very appealing to the many of us who feel that contemporary life is overwhelming. "Less… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“And so it is that in order to speak of our own times, I have had to make a long detour, by… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I'm inspired heavily by film influences - David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Pedro Almodóvar, and what I see in… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to making movies about contemporary life. The reason I choose institutions is because they provide a limit, a boundary. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image