Contemporary Quotes

644 Contemporary quotes by 549 unique authors

Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing. — Larry Sabato
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house. — Bruno Tonioli
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. — Ryan Tedder
I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off. — Frankie Valli
I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life… — Paz Vega
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and tragedies. I enjoy… — Susan Wiggs
I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the… — Jeffrey Wright
In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of… — Minoru Yamasaki
Beyond a narrow, elite audience, there is a pervasive sense from the side of the public that much contemporary art fails to connect - a… — John Walford
I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is… — Lois Lowry
The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal. — Nick Lowe
The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more… — Irwin Edman
Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith. — Mata Amritanandamayi
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the… — Christopher Lasch
Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. — Eugenio Montale
While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is… — Stephen Bayley
This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break… — Alexander Herzen
...it is in the nature of original contemporary art to present itself as a bad risk. And we the public...should be proud of being in… — Leo Steinberg
It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great… — Vince Gill
Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common. — Sam Shepard
I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm… — Sophie Kinsella
Traditional arguments for the existence of God and contemporary attempts to use fine-tuning and cosmology to back up the case for his existence always strike… — Julian Baggini
I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story. — Karen Kingsbury
My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex. — Anthony Braxton

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