Contemporary Quotes

644 Contemporary quotes by 549 unique authors

If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious… — Henry Sloane Coffin
In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he… — Ralph Bunche
Experience has taught me that the shallowest of communist platitudes contains more of a hierarchy of meaning than contemporary bourgeois profundity. — Walter Benjamin
It was not noisy prejudice that caused the work of Mendel to lie dead for thirty years, but the sheer inability of contemporary opinion to… — Wilfred Trotter
I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions… — Bruce Feiler
I love and collect contemporary art and go to all the art fairs. I love Damien Hirst and Matthew Barney. I grew up in Italy… — Nouriel Roubini
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply. — Erez Lieberman Aiden
Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those of… — Lynda Resnick
I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort… — Gregory Maguire
People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew. — John McWhorter
In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist… — Arne Glimcher
In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills.… — Caity Lotz
You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone. — Roberta Smith
I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out. — Natalie Jeremijenko
I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders… — Emily Perkins
I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind… — David Eddings
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history -… — Teju Cole
I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres. — Italo Calvino
My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature. — Italo Calvino
I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects. — Noah Baumbach
There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion? — Paolo Sorrentino
I believe Photoshop is in some way the contemporary darkroom, the creative area that all photographers have available today. — Douglas Kirkland
I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value… — Robert Wilson
I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff… — Tom Ford
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen. — Lauren DeStefano

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