--- title: "2 Sohrab Ahmari Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American writer and journalist (born 1985)... | Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-born American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a fou..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/sohrab-ahmari-96754_art_the-general-public-long-ago-stopped-look_2603225.jpg" --- # Sohrab Ahmari (1985) Journalist **2** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sohrab Ahmari is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Sohrab Ahmari Born February 1, 1985 Profession Journalist ## About Sohrab Ahmari American writer and journalist (born 1985)... \| Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-born American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a founding editor of the online magazine Compact. He is a contributing editor of The Catholic Herald, and a columnist for First Things. Previously, he served as the op-ed editor of the New York Post, a ## Quotes by Sohrab Ahmari > [“The general public long ago stopped looking for beauty in high culture. But it still has TV and the movies…you are far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sohrab-ahmari/the-general-public-long-ago-stopped-looking-for-beauty-in-high/) [Sohrab Ahmari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sohrab-ahmari/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/sohrab-ahmari-96754_art_the-general-public-long-ago-stopped-look_2603225.jpg) > [“It is almost inconceivable that so many filmmakers could think of nothing -- be inspired by nothing -- nothing, nothing, nothing --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sohrab-ahmari/it-is-almost-inconceivable-that-so-many-filmmakers-could-think-of/) [Sohrab Ahmari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sohrab-ahmari/) [Art world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/sohrab-ahmari-96754_art-world_it-is-almost-inconceivable-that-so-many_2909361.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sohrab-ahmari/#itemlist", "name": "Sohrab Ahmari Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The general public long ago stopped looking for beauty in high culture. 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