Top 18 Quotes by Greil Marcus

About Greil Marcus

These are some quotes by American author Greil Marcus Author, who was born in 1945.

I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.

I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.

Greil Marcus

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

Greil Marcus

You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react.

You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react.

Greil Marcus

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.

Greil Marcus

Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.

Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.

Greil Marcus

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.

Greil Marcus

If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really liked Clinton. He made me proud to be part of this country again. For all of his failings, the way he put all that he'd done in jeopardy, I supported him from beginning to end.

Greil Marcus

It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.

It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.

Greil Marcus

Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist, a great writer. Anyone can read Manny Farber's film criticism, whether that person is a novelist, a poet, another critic, a historian, and learn a lot about writing by reading him.

Greil Marcus

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail.

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail.

Greil Marcus

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