Contemporary Quote by Toni Morrison

I looked around at what my colleagues were doing, and asked myself, 'What relationship has it with what's going on?' I found there was…

— Martin Parr

What need had the businessman to scribble or philosophize when he dominated the imagination of his time and the frantic materialism that was his…

— Alfred Kazin

The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way…

— Alvar Aalto

In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature…

— Luis Barragan

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

— June Jordan

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of…

— Christopher Lasch

The major impediment to experiencing the sacred depths of ordinary moments is the speed and distraction of contemporary life that moves to the imperatives…

— Sam Keen

There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch…

— Oscar Wilde

I wanted to revolutionise habits and contemporary life - to liberate nature, to free it from the authority of old theories and classicism... I…

— Maurice de Vlaminck

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

— Karen Kingsbury

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

— John Eaton

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.

— Gore Vidal