338 Contemporary Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. David Rockefeller

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They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought. David Rockefeller

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During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences. David S. Goyer

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The essential gesture of the contemporary novel is to get people to turn the page, to entertain them, and I hate that. I want a novel where the gesture is towards existential investigation on every page. That, to me, is thrilling. David Shields

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Contemporary audiences are interested in watching characters navigate ethical challenges and moral dilemmas. David Zabel

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I have a passion for modern and contemporary art. I spend a lot of time in museums; I particularly like the Guggenheim, MoMA in New York or LACMA and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, for example. I cannot wait for the Louis Vuitton Foundation to open. Delphine Arnault

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Musical composition, about which I know little, is a complicated art, and some contemporary music may be the equivalent of a complex abstract painting. Derek Walcott

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Well, I think there are artists who are more or less contemporary with Hopper who are more relevant. Donald Judd

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Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals. Donald Tusk

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Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium. Doug Ose

I have the deepest respect for Terrence Malick and greatly enjoyed helping him on 'Tree of Life.' I consider him to be a good personal friend and professional contemporary. Douglas Trumbull

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If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history. Eleanor Clift

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I've become convinced that Los Angeles is going to become the next contemporary art capital - no other city has more contemporary gallery space than Los Angeles. We've come into our own, finally. Eli Broad

I grew up learning ballet, and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting. Elizabeth Debicki

I've come to realize that the contemporary creative culture is not generating the best possible outcome. Elizabeth Gilbert

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If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece. Elizabeth Peyton

I mean the public likes it more in Europe than they do here because the state supported organizations have felt that playing contemporary music was part of the education of the public. Elliott Carter

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I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.' Emma Donoghue

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In hunting ideas for books, I look for stories about long-past events that once commanded the world's attention but that, for one reason or another, faded from contemporary awareness. Erik Larson

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