“ In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something. ”
- Krzysztof Kieslowski- Copy
- 2K
“ Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. ”
- Gustav Mahler- Copy
- 333
“ 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. ”
- Jascha Heifetz- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I don't know. I don't care. And it doesn't make any difference. ”
- Jack Kerouac- Copy
- 1.8K
“ These are films that are holding up a mirror to contemporary culture. ”
- Rachel Weisz- Copy
- 1.8K
“ One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister. ”
- Alex Cox- Copy
- 1.3K
“ One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. ”
- Joseph Campbell- Copy
- 2.5K
“ We all know pain doesn't exist without some coexisting depression. ”
- Jerry Hall- Copy
- 1.2K
“ I do need space aside from projects that fit in with what I am known for... to work on more contemporary novels. ”
- Tanith Lee- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares. ”
- Dean Koontz- Copy
- 1.5K
“ However deep our devotion may be to parents or to children, it is our contemporaries alone with whom understanding is instinctive and entire. ”
- Vera Brittain- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. ”
- Jorge Luis Borges- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. ”
- Percy Bysshe Shelley- Copy
- 1.3K
“ I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary. ”
- Chris Bailey- Copy
- 2.9K
“ The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ”
- Simone Weil- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine. ”
- Seamus Heaney- Copy
- 2.8K
“ To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. ”
- Henri Cartier Bresson- Copy
- 3.4K
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