Accurate Quote by Helen Vendler

I love Rauschenberg. I love that he created a turning point in visual history, that he redefined the idea of beauty, that he combined…

— Jerry Saltz

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I think it's pretty apparent who my favorites are because I keep coming back to them. At the top of that list would be…

— Michael Connelly

Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where nature has meaning. And his architecture was not expensive or high tech but artistic…

— Ma Yansong

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

— Paloma Faith

I think Ralph Fiennes has had a really wonderful career; there's something sort of classic about him. He does a bunch of different projects,…

— Ian Harding

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

— Andrej Pejic

Philip Seymour Hoffman - I just think he's incredible.

— Brooklyn Decker

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

— Leslie Fiedler

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing.

— Peter Schjeldahl

John Cougar Mellencamp - I didn't like him in the beginning. I liked some of the stuff around the 'Scarecrow' period. I go back…

— Robert Hilburn

My favourite authors are John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer. Grisham rapidly established himself and now completely owns the legal space of fiction writing, something…

— Ravi Subramanian