1920s Culture Quotes

Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business.

In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.

Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.

I had my schooling right there in the Cotton Club.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest.