“Taste is the feeling that permits one to tell the difference between what is beautiful and what is merely spectacular.” Quote by Madeleine Vionnet
“I only like decoration if it plays second to the architecture of a dress.” IfsPlayDressesArchitectureDecoration Author:Madeleine Vionnet
“Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial and volatile about the seasonal and elusive whims of fashion which offends my sense of beauty.” SchoolEnemyFashionSuperficialElusiveWhim Author:Madeleine Vionnet
“I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities.” WayTryingImportantUsePoliticalFeltCompanyActivityGuilty Author:Miuccia Prada
“Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.” HumansIdeasInterestingExcitingUglyAttractiveInvestigationUglinessBourgeois Author:Miuccia Prada
“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.” MenNationsBehindsWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenWomen Empowering WomenWomen And Strength Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“Basically I'm trying to make men more sensitive and women stronger.” MenTryingStrongerSensitiveStrong Women Author:Miuccia Prada
“Before I had kids, I was out every night of the week.” KidsNightWeekEvery Night Author:Miuccia Prada