At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan.

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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...

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...

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...

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and...

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and...

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

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...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th...

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th...

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.

America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only...

America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...