Quote by Tom Wolfe
The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern a

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened. – Tom Wolfe

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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 woman, now, and the man was gone. – Tom Wolfe

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There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality then it is a quality of the spirit. – Tom Wolfe

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Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. – Max Eastman

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Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I dont know. Depends. – Robin Wright Penn

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There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking – and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. – Daniel Dae Kim

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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that Im a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think its a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist. – Michael Haneke

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