Art/literature/journalism/philosophy
- Samuel Hopkins Adams, muckraker, born in Dunkirk
- Scott Adams (1957–) cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
- Cory Arcangel (1978-), artist
- Lauren Belfer, author
- J. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), historian, artist and art critic
- Timothy D. Bellavia (1971-), artist and illustrator
- Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), architect
- William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), American landscape painter
- Wolf Blitzer (1948-), CNN journalist; host of The Situation Room
- Lawrence Block, (1938-), author
- Howard Bloom, (1943-), author
- Dale Brown, (1956-), author
- Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), architect
- Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), artist
- Charles Clough (1951-), artist
- Burton Crane (1901–1963), journalist
- Robert Creeley (1926–2005), poet
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), artist
- Arthur B. Davies (1863–1928), artist
- Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of the Dewey Decimal System
- Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune advice columnist, who grew up on a dairy farm in Freeville
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as The North Star.
- Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artist
- Philip Evergood (1901–1973), artist
- Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003), literary critic
- Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), artist
- Ira Joe Fisher, author and weatherman, who was born and raised in Little Valley
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, author, raised in Buffalo
- Helen Frankenthaler (1928–), artist
- Kelly Freas (1922–2005), artist
- Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), author
- E.B. Green (1855–1950), architect
- Terry Gross (1951-), radio host, Fresh Air
- Richard Hofstadter, author and philosopher
- Paul Horgan (1903–1995), author
- Roni Horn (1955–), artist
- Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), philosopher and writer
- Washington Irving (1783–1859), author
- Henry James (1843–1916), author
- William James (1842–1910), philosopher
- James A. Johnson (1865–1939), architect
- Ellsworth Kelly (1923–), artist
- John Kessel (1950-), author
- Verlyn Klinkenborg, member of the New York Times editorial board; writer and farmer
- Nancy Kress (1948-), author
- Matt Lauer (1957–), news anchor of The Today Show
- Zoe Leonard (1961–), photographer and visual artist
- Robert Longo (1953-), artist
- Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), writer and patron
- Norman Mailer (1923–2007), author
- Francis Mallison of Rome, Journalist, editor and public servant, helped organize the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax"
- Herman Melville (1819–1891), author, Moby-Dick
- Brice Marden (1938–), artist
- Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet
- Joyce Carol Oates (1938-), author
- Tim Powers (1952-), author
- Ishmael Reed (1938-), poet
- John Reed (1969–), author, Snowball's Chance
- Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), painter
- Spain Rodriguez (1940-), cartoonist
- Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), photographer
- Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936, craftsman
- Tim Russert (1950–2008), host of NBC's Meet the Press
- David Sedaris (1956–), humorist
- Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
- Eugene Speicher, (1883–1962), painter
- Elizabeth Swados (1951-), author
- Dorothy Thompson, born in Lancaster
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artist
- Tom Toles (1951-), cartoonist
- Israel Tsvaygenbaum (1961-), Russian-American artist
- Mark Twain (1835–1910), author
- Andrew Vachss (1942–), author, activist, and lawyer
- Richard A. Waite (1848–1911), architect
- J. Alden Weir (1852–1919), painter
- Edith Wharton (1862–1937), author
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
- Brian Williams (1959–), news anchor of NBC Nightly News
- John Zogby of Utica, pollster and blogger
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Famous quotes containing the words art, literature, journalism and/or philosophy:
“We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
“I make a virtue of my suffering
From nearly everything that goes on round me.
In other words, I know wherever I am,
Being the creature of literature I am,
I shall not lack for pain to keep me awake.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It’s close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)