The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

Quote by Tom Wolfe

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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...

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,...

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...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

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...

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.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

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...

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...

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...

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,...