Jerry Saltz Quotes

The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.

Jerry Saltz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1951

Topics

WorkArtNew YorkCityMagicNew

'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.

Jessye Norman

KindnessFriendWisdomWiseReading

We used to go to Studio 54 - an amazing place.

Jerry Hall

AmazingPlaceGoUsedStudio

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.

John Abizaid

WorkI AmInformationSatisfiedAm

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

AdversityProsperityBitterRemorse

I've always found inspiration in icons that were really of purpose in their craft or calling. From Bob Marley to Maya Angelou to Malcolm X, inspiration came from seeing how committed they were to their vision and determining it themselves.

Amanda Seales

VisionPurposeSeeingCraftAlways

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Stephen King

GoodListeningStoryBusyListenHe

Catsuits were big for me in the '90s, and I had many of them. Even catsuits with shorts in them.

Soleil Moon Frye

MeBigEvenShortsManyThem

I seem to get a general reaction at just, like, 'Oh! A mustache!' but mostly people are fine with it. But I don't actually do it for the ladies. It's more a guy thing, an appreciation. All the dudes want to do it, but they don't have the balls to do it, so they just give me the nod.

Steven Adams

AppreciationPeopleMeWantBalls

We're Americans. It's a culture. We should defend that culture, and we should reinforce that culture.

Roger Ailes

CultureDefendShouldReinforce

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

ControlLanguageBodyPersonMature

We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.

Joko Beck

LifePainPeopleThinkTryingRun

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

Douglas Coupland

GoodTimeWorldBetterYouLaziness

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