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About Andrew Solomon
American writer on politics, culture and psychology
Andrew Solomon is an American writer on politics, culture and psychology. He has 93 quotes on the site and has written widely across major magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, and Travel and Leisure. His work ranges across subjects such as depression, Soviet artists, the cultural rebirth of Afghanistan, Libyan politics, and deaf culture. That breadth gives his writing a distinctly public and reflective character, moving between personal and political life, culture, and mental health.
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- “The passion for such children contains no ego motive of anticipated reciprocity; one is choosing against, in…”Andrew Solomon
- “No one much wants to be belittled, but we tolerate slurs surprisingly often for ourselves; for our lionised c…”Andrew Solomon
- “I've had a mental illness for nearly half my life, and I can no longer imagine myself without it. It seems le…”Andrew Solomon
- “The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality and my life, as I write this, is vital even when sa…”Andrew Solomon
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- “Create your own fears”choose to fear living an average life.
- “I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let's…”L.A. Reid
- “If you get stuck too much with the way you want the world to be, you will find that the world passes you by.”Travis Kalanick
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Books by Andrew Solomon
The Noonday Demon
2001
Far From the Tree
2012