Martin Filler Quotes

A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did.

Martin Filler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1948

Topics

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My wife could give a rip about comic books, but she loves 'Arrow,' and she loves 'The Flash,' and she likes them because of the characters.

Andrew Kreisberg

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The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter.

Michael Gove

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This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.

Tom Colicchio

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If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

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The communism of Marx seeks a strong state centralization, and where this exists, there the parasitic Jewish nation - which speculates upon the labor of people - will always find the means for its existence.

Mikhail Bakunin

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When I can find a story that explores something that I don't know what I think, I've got a play. If I knew the answer, I would write a speech or an essay.

Mike Bartlett

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Pop is like a puzzle: to write a perfect pop song, you never know, and there's so much that can happen in a second with a song.

LP

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If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.

Count Basie

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With tough interpretation of taxi and zoning regulations, neither Uber nor Airbnb would have gotten started. By the time many cities recognized their existence, both were fairly large and had the political support of their customers.

Brad Stone

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'World War Z' is basically a big-budget B-movie.

Annalee Newitz

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And we invested three hundred thousand dollars, became the lead investor and I became Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems, as I was at Intel for a while.

Arthur Rock

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It's true I have a side of me that isn't very adult. I can get very emotional about things. I can become crazy, act the clown.

Sylvie Guillem

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