Author: Rachel Kushner

Quotes

A historical event represents the best and the worst of that moment.

A historical event represents the best and the worst of that moment.

- Rachel Kushner

I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor.

I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor.

- Rachel Kushner

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

- Rachel Kushner

The 1970s seemed particularly playful. People were trying to make work that couldn't be sold.

The 1970s seemed particularly playful. People were trying to make work that couldn't be sold.

- Rachel Kushner

I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.

I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.

- Rachel Kushner

From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.

From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.

- Rachel Kushner

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

- Rachel Kushner

I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

- Rachel Kushner

A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.

A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.

- Rachel Kushner

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