Elitist Quotes

• I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

  

  Elia Kazan
  • Person
  • Bohemian
  • Elitist

• The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

  

  William E. Simon
  • People
  • Today
  • Purpose

• When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.

  

  Jay-Z
  • People
  • Music
  • Rock

• Black America has allowed itself to be used by Race-Baiters and White Liberal Elitists.

  

  Amy Ridenour
  • Black
  • Used
  • Race-Baiter

• In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

  

  Will Cotton
  • Atmosphere
  • Prices
  • Gallery

• If you wait until you're an adult to be exposed to the arts, it could seem elitist, it could seem out of reach, it could seem scary.

  

  Emma Walton Hamilton
  • Reach
  • Wait
  • Arts

• There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

  

  Stephen Malkmus Pavement
  • Life
  • Cheap
  • Elitist

• I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.

  

  Tommy Lee Jones
  • People
  • Social
  • Fit