“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
“There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train.” CitiesFrontsNew YorkExampleBirdTraditionTrainNew York CityThanksgivingFrozenTurkeysNew YorkersSubwayThanksgiving Turkey Author:David Letterman
“Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of their kind, part of the 20th-century folk-song tradition in the sense that they are popular music which has been spread by oral tradition (for many must have sung a Gershwin song without having any idea who wrote it).” KindHas BeensIdeasSongCenturyNew YorkTraditionEssenceFolksSpread20th CenturyPhenomenalPopular MusicGershwinFolk SongsOral Tradition Author:George Gershwin
“Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and can disappear, if not in reality, then in the imagination of the poet creating a myth, a mythical tradition on the grounds of his secret experience.” IfsRealityImaginationSpaceSecretCitiesCuttingNew YorkPoetCreatingTraditionMythDisappearLondonParisRomeSailFloatsMoscowLeningrad Author:Nina Berberova
“I just feel passionately about the horses and I will until it's no longer a tradition in New York.” FeelsNew YorkTraditionHorse Author:Kim Basinger
“After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues in our New York run.” RunningAudienceMinutesNew YorkTenTraditionPerformancesProductionsDiscussionInvitedAustin Author:Jeff Britting