Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.

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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

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...

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...

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...