“I can remember when anything further downtown New York than Canal Street was risky and the whole area still looked like a 70s cop movie location; when the original loft-owners were more dash-than-cash, artistic types.” StillsI CanWholeRememberStreetsNew YorkTypeAreasOriginalsArtisticOwnersCashCopLocationRemember WhenDowntownCanals Author:Peter York
“There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first sight of New York City - the intuition that I had been there already.” FirstsFeelingsFacesNightCitiesSawsHeardNew YorkSightMeetingsIntuitionRecognitionArtisticNew York CityGreat ArtDay And NightOld FriendsGreat ArtistStonehenge Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money ran out - were always better than ours since the city was the political capital of the country, as well as the artistic and literary one. In L.A. we've always been slightly sealed off from real life. It's no accident that two of our most interesting directors, Woody Allen and Bob Altman, are more or less settled in the real world.” WorldWellsTwoRealCountryPoliticalLeftInterestingCitiesNew YorkTelevisionTvsDirectorsHollywoodTheaterAccidentsLondonReal LifePityArtisticRanBritainReal WorldBobMost InterestingWoodyLive Tv Author:Gore Vidal
“I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of feeling that aspiration, that yearning, get out of the small town, connect to a larger world, get yourself to New York, wanting to play the piano at every opportunity, bonding with people who were on a similar path, ending up in Provincetown, which was kind of nexus for nonconformity, and artistic dropout reality.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindPlayFeelingsRealityFatherOpportunityGrowing UpPathGrowingGenerationsNew YorkSonTownsSouthArtisticPianoAspirationImmigrantsYearningSmall TownJerseyNonconformityBondingDropoutsNexusProvincetown Author:Anne Waldman
“All the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York.” HumanityFoundNew YorkEssentialsTreasureArtistic Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
“I like filming in New York a lot myself, but London is accommodating to me; the weather's very good there and the conditions for shooting and the financial conditions, the artistic conditions are good, so it's a pleasant place to shoot.” ConditionsNew YorkVery GoodFinancialLondonWeatherArtisticShootingPleasant Author:Woody Allen
“Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health.” WayFeltCitiesEventsNew YorkMetsDespiteArtisticNew York CityOperaClawsAdriftDemoralizing Author:David Edelstein