February 13th is the anniversary of the first
magazine published in the United States. The magazine was titled, The American
Magazine.
Top 11 Magazine Quotes
“A photographer
without a magazine behind him is like a farmer without fields.” - Norman
Parkinson, New Yorker, 1984
“Editing is the same
as quarreling with writers-same thing exactly.” - Harold Ross, Editor, New Yorker
“The story of Harold
Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere
footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to
researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all
be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds.” - James Thurber
“Whenever I get
married, I start buying Gourmet Magazine.”
- Nora Ephron, 1983
“Time should make enemies and Life
should make friends.” - Charles Wittingham, publisher of Life, 1986
“Moving a magazine is
like ordering 100,000 gallons of alphabet soup, to go. Last week, in Manhattan,
it went.” - James A Linen, Publisher, Time
Magazine, 1960
“Broadcasters are
storytellers, newspapers are fact-gatherers and organizers of information and
news magazines are kind of a hybrid of both.” - Everette E. Dennis, Executive
Director, Gannet Center for Media Studies, Columbia, 1985
“Magazine photography
is the mural painting of modern times.” - Gene Thornton, 1979
“A publication
depends on a great idea, not there being a market out there… You start with an
idea rather than trying to get an idea which goes with that market.” - Anderew
Heiskell, former Chairman, Time Inc.,
1986
“We look like
television in print.” - Allen Neuharth, founder USA Today, 1985
“We tell the public
which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. - Arthur
Hays Sulzberger, Publisher, NY Times,
1950
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