“I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.” ArtArtistCultureRight NowPopsAdmireAbstractPop ArtReferencing Author:Christian Marclay
“It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.” CultureSinTakenImpossibleRight NowOneself Author:Michael Tolkin
“We live in a culture that expects instantaneous gratification for everything, and the web has only enhanced that in many ways. It empowers in many ways, but it also makes people believe 'I should have everything right now.'” PeopleWayShouldBelieveCultureRight NowShould HaveEmpoweringGratificationInstantaneous Author:Tony Robbins
“Public taste changes and the aesthetic of a culture changes over time, so the idea isn't to appeal to the aesthetic of the moment and what people will like right now; the idea is to somehow keep yourself in the public memory so that as taste evolves it will eventually come to embrace your thing. So, it's about writing to be remembered rather than writing to be liked.” PeopleWritingIdeasMomentsCultureMemoriesTasteRight NowEmbraceAppealsEvolveRememberedAestheticCulture ChangeChanges Over Time Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I think it's very disheartening and undermining to focus on nostalgia or youthful sentimentality as the lens through which you view art and culture, because then you feel like everything good already happened. I really just try to be in the present with music and just find the things that are invigorating and make me feel happy to be alive right now.” ThinkingFeelsTryingArtCultureViewsFocusAliveHappenedRight NowNostalgiaLensesSentimentalityUnderminingInvigoratingArt And CultureDishearteningHappy To Be Alive Author:Carrie Brownstein