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Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Music is a current of hard choices made

Music is a current of hard choices made to seem easy by the mind. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Someone once said that the joy is not

Someone once said that the joy is not in writing but in having written. I can't say I find that to be true, though I understand the sentiment. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and

Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Sometimes having a good time can be the

Sometimes having a good time can be the outward evidence of a deep re-thinking. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: How could I forget you, Darryl? You called

How could I forget you, Darryl? You called me God. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: We pursued the muses, instead of the mirrors.

We pursued the muses, instead of the mirrors. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: We breathe in our first language, and swim

We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: The light obtained by setting straw men on

The light obtained by setting straw men on fire is not what we mean by illumination. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I think I'm more intensely opinionated when I

I think I'm more intensely opinionated when I speak; more agreeably balanced when I write. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I love you forever' really means 'Just trust

I love you forever' really means 'Just trust me for now,' which is all it ever means, and we just hope to keep renewing the "now," year after year. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I rush to add that I find the

I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Big writers become a kind of shared climate.

Big writers become a kind of shared climate. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.

Cooking is the showy side of domesticity. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Often the block [in writing] comes from the

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Leafing through Forbes or Fortune [magazine]s is like

Leafing through Forbes or Fortune [magazine]s is like reading the operating manual of a strangely sanctimonious pirate ship — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: If you're being attacked from all sides, it's

If you're being attacked from all sides, it's possible you're doing something right; it's also possible that you are doing everything wrong. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising

Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: It was odd, he thought... to be in

It was odd, he thought... to be in love with a girl at once so musical and so heavily armed. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Protein was the most valued ingredient 250 years

Protein was the most valued ingredient 250 years ago: It was the rarest thing. Now the rarest thing we have is time: time to cook and time to eat. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I still think the best classic meal in

I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast - you sort of can't skip it. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: The romance of your child's childhood may be

The romance of your child's childhood may be the last romance you can give up. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By David Bayles: As Adam Gopnik remarked in The New Yorker,

As Adam Gopnik remarked in The New Yorker, "Post-modernist art is, above all, post-audience art." In — David Bayles

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Love, like light, is a thing that is

Love, like light, is a thing that is enacted better than defined: we know it afterward by the traces it leaves on paper. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: You have taken part in the only really

You have taken part in the only really majestic choice we get to make in life, which is to continue it. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Nasty Men Make Nice Things; Unpleasant People Think

Nasty Men Make Nice Things; Unpleasant People Think Important Thoughts is, after all, the headline on almost every chapter in cultural history — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Fanaticism comes in as many flavors as there

Fanaticism comes in as many flavors as there are human beings. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: History, well read, is simply humility well told,

History, well read, is simply humility well told, in many manners. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Drawing need not be the bones of art,

Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Nothing in a graduate degree in art history

Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: When you see a Gauguin, you think, This

When you see a Gauguin, you think, This man is living in a dream world. When you see a van Gogh, you think, This dream world is living in a man. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Parisians believe they are superior by birth, they

Parisians believe they are superior by birth, they do not believe, as Americans do, that they are invulnerable by right. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: You can't have a decent food culture without

You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: After all, spinning is its own reward. There

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated,

I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: parsley. Vegetables these days are chopped into tiny

parsley. Vegetables these days are chopped into tiny grass. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not

What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: The loneliness of the expatriate is of an

The loneliness of the expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: The scale and the brutality of our prisons

The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: [A]s military history reveals, a bad plan is

[A]s military history reveals, a bad plan is often better than no plan, especially if the people on the other side think it's a good plan. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: I think that we're always drawn - particularly

I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Writers are married to their keyboards, as to

Writers are married to their keyboards, as to their passports. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: ...we see life as deeply in our pleasures

...we see life as deeply in our pleasures as in our pains. — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: Dinner with water is dinner for prisoners

Dinner with water is dinner for prisoners — Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik Quotes By Adam Gopnik: In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in

In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections. — Adam Gopnik