Contemporary Quotes
Contemporary Quote of the day
My work seen in its totality is a statement about the integration of the contemporary artist into an industrial society.
I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.
One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?
For me it's very important to turn Kiev into one of the main centers of contemporary art in the world. There is New York. There's London. And there will be Kiev. Everyone will come and say, 'Wow!
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.
Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.
The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization.
Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.
Oh, Eva." He rubbed his cheek against my damp face. "I must've wished for you so hard and so often you had no choice but to come true.
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.
It is time to cease to argue about God , and instead to unite in the unmasking of contemporary forms of idolatry.
A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I am very fond of brown sherry.
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
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 distinguish between a new idea and nonsense.
This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.
I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.
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 God.
All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.
I've been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture. So I started to think about how to compare manga to contemporary art.
I don't see boundaries between styles, such as modern or contemporary. I've collected each piece from a different experience or period of my life.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
Romance isn't in my repertoire, Eva. But a thousand ways to make you come are. Let me show you.
Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?
A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.
B.O.B. and I have a longtime understanding - when we're done with each other, we know exactly which one of us has been used, and it isn't me. Good night Gideon.
It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.
Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.
Patriarchy, routinely blamed for everything, produced the birth control pill, which did more to free contemporary women than feminism itself.
I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.
How does contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human. What is our relationship with - and responsibilities towards - that which we create.
Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people's lives and change and lift them up.
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.
I’ve always seen you, angel. From the moment you found me, I’ve seen nothing but you.
Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.
It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle.
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuous, some of it's invisible. It's there.
The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to forms behind which real human values lie.
Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God's word to our own time and our contemporary situation.
