Contemporary Quotes

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.