Marc Spitz > Quotes

“Every time the economy goes south, art grows. If you were an actuary or an accountant you’d consider those years horrid, but if you were an artist, you’d consider them magic.”
― Marc Spitz, Bowie: A Biography

“The only thing scarier than death is the disappearance from youth.”
― Marc Spitz

“Bowie sat down for an interview with his Hunger costar Susan Sarandon and explained, “When you’re young and you’re determined to crack the big dream of ‘I have a big statement and the world needs to hear my statement,’ there’s something a bit irresponsible about your attitude to the future. A nonrecognition that the future exists. I think it’s important for youth to have that. My son keeps me remembering that there is a tomorrow.”
― Marc Spitz, Bowie: A Biography

“Salinger, unlike Disney, came from a well-to-do family, but he stands alongside Mickey’s inventor as perhaps the second great body of water that feeds all Twee streams, rivers, estuaries, and ponds. His influence on the aesthetic is equally vast, his body of work virtual Twee scripture.”
― Marc Spitz, Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film

“It went from fuck music to fuck-you music.”
― Marc Spitz, We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk

“the theory that if New York punk was about art, and London punk about politics, L.A. punk was about pop culture, TV, and absurdity.”
― Marc Spitz, We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk

“Black Flag once showed up at Tower Records and totally disrupted Adam Ant during his big in-store appearance… they bombed the place with thousands of flyers saying BLACK FLAG KILLS ANTS ON CONTACT!”
― Marc Spitz, We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk

“As with any artistic trend, Twee doesn’t become a movement until it gets its own household name. He arrived in the corduroy-draped, beanpole shape of Wes Anderson.”
― Marc Spitz, Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film