“Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made me think of The Little Mermaid and that made me remember something I had just read about the incredibly complex process by which tadpoles (actual little mermaids) are somehow able to reabsorb their tails and fashion their future frog legs.” ThinkingLittlesMadeAbleRememberProcessDealsFashionSourceLoversAgingSilentComplexesLegsTailsNegotiationBargainsFrogsMermaidRemember SomethingTadpoles Author:Rae Armantrout
“Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.” ArtUsePurposeArtistDealsFashionObjectsSeriousHigherArt IsSacredSevereEmployed Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion.” DealsFashionAncientTyrannyTornFurnitureRags Book:The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, and Portrait After Sir Joshua Reynolds Source: The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, and Portrait After Sir Joshua Reynolds
“being chic not only takes a great deal of money but an enormous amount of time. It practically precludes everything else, even being on charity committees. Half of one's time goes getting chic, the other half being seen that way.” WayDealsHalfFashionStyleAmountCharityEnormousCommitteesOther HalfChic Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“Women are objectified in our culture. And more and more, it takes a great deal of confidence, especially as a woman, to break the mold. You know, you're afraid that you're going to covered in a magazine as a "fashion don't." That's why you see all these girls on the red carpet looking the same.” KnowsCultureGirlDealsBreakFashionRedMagazinesCoveredCarpetMoldRed Carpet Author:Tom Ford
“When you go to make a purchase, take a look at the product and ask yourself: 'am I being cheated?' If a product from a 'fast fashion' chain is falling apart before you've even bought it, it's not a deal. It's the fast-fashion company trying to get you to buy something that is quick on trend but slow on quality.” IfsTryingLooksFallAsksDealsQualityCompanyFashionProductsChainsTrendsFalling ApartCheated Author:Maxine