“I was sad to leave Europe in 1890, after my student days in Germany... But then, once back in New York, I experienced an intense longing for Europe, for its vital tradition of music, theatre, art, craftsmanship... I felt bewildered and lonely. How was I to use myself?” ArtUseFeltLonelinessNew YorkStudentsEuropeTraditionLonelyLongingTheatreIntenseGermanyBewilderedCraftsmanship Book:Alfred Stieglitz Source: Alfred Stieglitz
“What we've witnessed in the past 25 or 30 years is just incredible. We've birthed 30,000 or 40,000 restaurants. I used to go to Europe every year to get experience [and ideas]. I don't go to Europe anymore. I go to Oregon, I go to Washington, I go to Louisiana, I go to Little Rock, I go to Austin, I travel New York City. I don't go to Europe anymore.” YearsLittlesIdeasPastUsedCitiesRocksNew YorkEuropeIncrediblesRestaurantsNew York CityLouisianaAustinOregonLittle Rock Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“I remember passing through New York in college and thinking, Im going to come back here. The energy just made me think of Europe - everyone walking, seeing the delis and flowers outside. It just felt very familiar. I loved it right away.” ThinkingMadeRememberEnergyFeltSeeingNew YorkCollegeFlowerWalkingEuropePassingFamiliarPassingsPassing Through Author:Stephanie Szostak
“I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .” AmericaMovingCitiesNew YorkReadyTravelEuropeMovedIslandsNew York CityCoast Author:Spalding Gray
“When I first moved to New York, I moved all over because I never knew where I would be or if I was going to Europe, so I would sublet apartments. It was miserable because I was constantly moving.” IfsFirstsWould BeMovingNew YorkEuropeMovedMiserableApartmentConstantly Moving Author:Ashley Hinshaw
“I guess home is where the heart is, as they say. I've moved around the stage a lot - but I had intended on moving to New York anyway so I could live closer to Ireland and to Europe. That's where my sensibility is. This has just facilitated that process.” HeartHomeMovingProcessStageNew YorkEuropeMovedIrelandSensibilityHome Is Where The Heart Is Author:Sean Mahon
“New York feels like a sublet of Europe. And Europe is a sublet of New York. Put it that way. It's so accessible. When I was in LA, I felt so far away from my home. Home, for the moment, is here until it's not. I like to move around with my work. I feel it's a great way to learn about life, about new cultures, and to learn. We'll see where the wind takes me.” WayFeelsMomentsHomeMovingCultureFeltNew YorkWindEuropeTake MeFar AwayHome HomeNew Cultures Author:Sean Mahon
“In '83 I started travelling round Europe with my slide show. It wasn't until I moved to Europe and got accepted in a big way in Berlin in the '90s that I got acceptance by the big art world in New York. I didn't really get to be known, or in the market, til '93 in New York.” WorldWayArtShowsBigsKnownNew YorkAcceptanceEuropeMovedRoundsAcceptedSlidesBerlinArt World Author:Nan Goldin
“Early on in life I knew that I was a writer, that I just wanted to write, I love books, I love literature and after graduating college, I kind of wandered around in Europe learning languages and writing novels and never led anywhere. And then I got into like journalism in New York as a way to kind of maybe find my way into the field and it wasn't a good fit. It just wasn't right for me.” WayWritingKindBookWantedLiteratureLanguageNovelNew YorkFieldsCollegeFitEuropeJournalismMy WayGraduatesCollege GraduatesLearning LanguageLove Literature Author:Robert Greene
“I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsArtSometimesStatesFacesYoungAudienceNew YorkEuropeConcernSocialismDisappointedParticipation Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds.” PeopleIfsWorldWayFeelsAsksHalfNew YorkEuropeHollywoodWestTheatreAsk MeCoastLoopsWest CoastHalf WayBest Of Both Worlds Author:Liam Neeson
“When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.” LittlesEyeArtistTurnsSeaMissingNew YorkEuropeTownsFarmsDiscontentLittle Towns Author:Norman Rockwell
“I come from a part of New York that was almost entirely immigrants. I was born in America, but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.” AmericaParentBornMy OwnNew YorkMy FriendsEuropeIncludingImmigrants Author:Christopher Walken
“The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. ... It was hay that allowed populations to grow and civilizations to flourish among the forests of Northern Europe. Hay moved the greatness of Rome to Paris and London, and later to Berlin and Moscow and New York.” HumansScienceGrowsGrowthSimpleTechnologyEffectsNew YorkExampleGreatnessCivilizationConsequenceEuropeHorseMovedHistoricalProfoundPopulationLondonForestsHuman LifeParisRomeBerlinGood ExamplesMoscowHayMedieval Europe Author:Freeman Dyson
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape that the State and Treasury Departments are willing to pool the banking system of Europe and America, setting up a world financial power independent of and above the Government of the United States....The United States under present conditions will be transformed from the most active of manufacturing nations into a consuming and importing nation with a balance of trade against it.” WorldStatesGovernmentAmericaNationsUnitedMoneyUnited StatesDemocracyImpossibleConditionsNew YorkWillingBalanceEuropeIndependentTradeFinancialInternationalActiveSettingConclusionSettingsDepartmentPoolTransformedReservesBankingBankersConsumingManufacturingNew World OrderSettlementTreasuryFederal ReserveBanking SystemClose RelationshipBankers And BanksEurope And America Author:Louis Thomas McFadden
“Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe.” WantFactsGirlSexNew YorkSummerEuropeVacationGood SexSummer Vacation Book:Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York Source: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
“I am happy to be a regional writer. My region is the American West, old Mexico, West Virginia, New York, Europe, Australia, the human heart, and the male groin.” HumansHeartNew YorkEuropeWestMalesAustraliaRegionsMexicoHuman HeartVirginiaWest VirginiaAmerican West Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness