Chicago Quotes

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

Claes Oldenburg
- Death
- Chicago
It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters.

Alice Hamilton
- Believe
- Irish
- Italian

I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming.

Kurt Vile
- People
- Time
- Good
Chicago is fun. We've spent a lot of time there, about 15 years. My wife's parents and family live in Chicago, so that's a big selling point.

Luke Donald
- Time
- Live
- Family
When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and their French fried onion loaf. I probably haven't been to one in 25 years, and yet, I once saw Donald Trump from behind in an office building and the first thing that flashed in my mind was his hair looked like that onion loaf.

Jami Attenberg
- Up
- Mind
- Family
Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.

James Belushi
- Pretty
- Chicago
I really value what Closed Sessions is doing to build the Chicago music scene and am excited to partner with them for my first solo project.

Jamila Woods
- Music
- Value
- Partner
My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and made me aware of that.

Hannah Bronfman
- She
- American
- Mother