“The brain is full of lonely ideas, begging you to make some sense of them, to recognize them as interesting. The lazy brain just files them away in old pigeonholes, like a bureaucrat who wants an easy life. The lively brain picks and chooses and creates new works of art out of ideas.” WantArtIdeasEasyInterestingBrainPicksLonelyLazyWorks Of ArtFilesBeggingLivelyBureaucratsEasy LifeNew WorkBegging You Author:Theodore Zeldin
“The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could buy... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal.” WayProblemEasyAttentionFashionIdealsAttractionTemporaryEasy Way Book:A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Intellect, Taste, and Anxiety Source: A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Intellect, Taste, and Anxiety
