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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.
More from Andrew Solomon (93 quotes) →More quotes by Andrew Solomon
- “Despite every advancement, language remains the defining nexus of our humanity; it is where our knowledge and…”Andrew Solomon
- “Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, "Never real and always true," and that is how depression feels.…”Andrew Solomon
- “The anxiety phase of my first depression lasted six months. It was incredibly paralyzing.”Andrew Solomon
- “Mild depression is a gradual and sometimes permanent thing that undermines people the way rust weakens iron.…”Andrew Solomon
Explore Marriage
- “There is a saying that bad traders divorce their spouse sooner than abandon their positions. Loyalty to ideas…”Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- “I love seeing my husband hold our daughter and just give her kisses, unsolicited kisses. When he doesn't know…”Vanessa Lachey
- “The break of a family is the break of society.”Lailah Gifty Akita
Explore Friendship
- “Secularity is a way of being dependent on the responses of our milieu. The secular or false self is the self…”Henri J.M. Nouwen
- “I wanted to know what it was like to be a drug addict, and have an eating disorder, and have a loved one die,…”Jackson Pearce
- “And bookish people who do their homework and get it in on time and it's good - they don't have friends at sch…”Sarah Millican
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Books by Andrew Solomon
The Noonday Demon
2001
Far From the Tree
2012