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Andrei Codrescu quotes: Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.

Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog of their funny money.

Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog of their funny money.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: In the grand collage that is Dada, past and future are equally usable.

In the grand collage that is Dada, past and future are equally usable.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Americans are accustomed to welcoming, or at least receiving, refugees from other countries, not creating our own.

Americans are accustomed to welcoming, or at least receiving, refugees from other countries, not creating our own.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: The evaporation of 4 million who believe in this crap would leave the world a better place.

The evaporation of 4 million who believe in this crap would leave the world a better place.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Even the greatest poets can't express tragedy in a way that is larger than their immediate circumstances.

Even the greatest poets can't express tragedy in a way that is larger than their immediate circumstances.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Real artists free of the tedium of money can use, now, all of society as an idea factory.

Real artists free of the tedium of money can use, now, all of society as an idea factory.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Our secrets, odd or not, are the pins that keep our inner life in place: the inform our psyche with meaning.

Our secrets, odd or not, are the pins that keep our inner life in place: the inform our psyche with meaning.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to tell girls.

It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to tell girls.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: How did you fall in love with New Orleans? At once, madly. Looking back, sometimes I think it was predestined.

How did you fall in love with New Orleans? At once, madly. Looking back, sometimes I think it was predestined.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.

Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.

The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.

The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics

Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Only the poor can create art.

Only the poor can create art.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: It is the job of the market to turn the base material of our emotions into gold.

It is the job of the market to turn the base material of our emotions into gold.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Nosferatu is the daddy of modern American sex.

Nosferatu is the daddy of modern American sex.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Like Venice, Italy, this is a place of fleeting beauty. The knowledge that we won't be here long gives everyone an intense appetite for living.

Like Venice, Italy, this is a place of fleeting beauty. The knowledge that we won't be here long gives everyone an intense appetite for living.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: New Orleans reminds me of Romania because New Orleans is very corrupt politically.

New Orleans reminds me of Romania because New Orleans is very corrupt politically.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: This is important, Your Honor, because it establishes the fact that language, like blood, is a living thing that proceeds forward in time.

This is important, Your Honor, because it establishes the fact that language, like blood, is a living thing that proceeds forward in time.

Andrei Codrescu quotes: Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party.

Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party.