There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a…

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A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

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...

A cult is a religion with no political power.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

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.

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...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

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...

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,...

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 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...