America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.

Quote by Tom Wolfe

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One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes...

One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes...

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

His hair has the long jesuschrist look. He is wearing the costume clothes. But most...

His hair has the long jesuschrist look. He is wearing the costume clothes. But most...

We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third...

We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third...

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and...

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are...

Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are...

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as...

At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as...

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred,...

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred,...

In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the...

In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the...

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact,...

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact,...

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New...

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New...

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part...

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part...

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason...

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason...

A cult is a religion with no political power.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's...

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's...

Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life, but...

Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life, but...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic...