“Women from fashion magazines, they hate other women. They like to tell other women they are ugly and often it works. Women's magazines are mostly about the outside and not about the inside. About make-up instead of arts and literature. Its such a shame.” ArtHateLiteratureFashionShameUglyMagazinesFashion Magazines Author:Oliviero Toscani
“There are very few good writers about art, and you either get art-fashion writing with trendy views or you get very traditional writing. Occasionally, you get people who can write in an interesting way. Really, I think in a sense art writing needs to be renewed as well. It's in a pretty bad condition.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsWritingWellsArtInterestingViewsConditionsFashionTraditionalGood WritersTrendyInteresting Ways Author:Marc Quinn
“Writing about fashion forces you to overcome the nagging feeling that fashion doesn't "matter", that it's trivial or fleeting. I just look at it anthropologically, which is different from the way I'd write about art.” WayWritingLooksArtDifferentMatterFeelingsForceFashionOvercomingFleetingNagging Author:Susan Orlean
“Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.” NeedsArtDifferentFashionAimCompareFashion And Art Author:Rei Kawakubo
“We, as designers, have a job with so many possibilities and connections. We are connected to so many different portals, from art to movies to music to design. Fashion is always evolving. Actually, the field is huge. I don't think there is another profession that is so open to so many possibilities.” ThinkingArtDifferentJobsFashionDesignFieldsPossibilityHugeConnectionsConnectedProfessionEvolveDesignerPortal Author:Miuccia Prada
“I think more and more, if you live in the current world - and live internationally - it's all a mix of interests, and the same people who are interested in fashion are also interested in movies, art, and culture.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldArtCultureInterestFashionCurrentsArt And Culture Author:Miuccia Prada
“Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.” MeanArtSpiritSimpleFashionTeaSparesCeremonyTranscendenceKarateFadsArcheryCalligraphyTea Ceremony Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“Fashion rests upon folly. Art rests upon law. Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal. Indeed what is a fashion really? A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so absolutely unbearable that we have to alter it every six months! It is quite clear that were it beautiful and rational we would not alter anything that combined those two rare qualities. And wherever dress has been so, it has remained unchanged in law and principle for many hundred years.” YearsHas BeensArtTwoBeautifulFormLawQualityPrinciplesClearFashionMonthsSixEternalArt IsHundredDressesRationalFollySix MonthsUglinessUnbearableIn-lawsEphemeral Author:Oscar Wilde
“Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.” ArtWantedFilmCommunityFashionBunchBlogsFilm And Music Author:Tavi Gevinson
“The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.” KnowsWorldArtWifeFashionBecomingWindowInstanceRevolutionaryDesignerFashion DesignerIntertwinedDior Author:Delphine Arnault
“Fashion, art, and architecture are all so tightly connected; I think the way to approach referencing these art works is by capturing the essence.” ThinkingWayArtFashionApproachEssenceConnectedArchitectureReferencing Author:Roksanda Ilincic
“I think in America there's this free flow between fashion, art, architecture, music and design. In Europe it's more segregated between those different disciplines I think.” ThinkingArtDifferentAmericaFashionDesignDisciplineEuropeFlowArchitecture Author:Marco Brambilla
“Fashion goes with the feeling of the moment. It's related to movies, to art, to young people's taste.” PeopleArtMomentsFeelingsYoungFashionTasteRelated Author:Gianni Versace
“Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.” MenWellsArtTwoHomeTodayCan DoFashionMarriedDollarsCooksCheerEngineeringPaychecksSquadHousekeepers Author:Duke of Wellington
“I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and jewelry that it is being adapted or imitated or is inspiring variations or new types of art or new types of music.” ThinkingArtCultureFashionTypeImportanceHip HopArtisticHipsHopsVariationJewelryTributeAdapted Author:Simon de Pury
“Fashion is not just about what we wear, but...fashion is also a business. It is an art, it's a career that involves science, engineering, accounting and so much more. People can learn about the math behind Charles James' designs, and think, 'Maybe I should pay closer attention to geometry this semester'” PeopleThinkingShouldArtPayBehindsAttentionCareersFashionDesignMathEngineeringGeometryAccountingSemester Author:Michelle Obama
“I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me.” LittlesArtTwoThreeCreativeFashionDesignRussiaDesignerEndeavorLayersJacketsDollsSleevesFashion Designer Author:Tom Ford
“I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters.” PeopleThinkingArtRealCharacterFictionFashionInspireDirectorsMusicianReal LifeInventionArtisticDesignerFashion DesignerSpirited Author:Marc Jacobs
“You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it's still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn't art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says 'Cremaster' on it?” IfsArtStillsAbleEnjoyFashionDiamondLipstickFlawlessMystiqueSweatshirts Author:Marc Jacobs
“Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.” WorldGivingArtReasonFashionArt IsImpression Author:Raf Simons
“I think that, like any art, fashion is about expression. It allows you to express yourself and your identity through what you choose to wear.” ThinkingArtFashionIdentityExpressionYou ChooseExpress Yourself Author:Erin Heatherton
“Beauty and art pervade all the business of life like a kindly genius, brightly adorning our surroundings whether interior or exterior, mitigating the seriousness of existence and the complexities of the real life, extinguishing idleness in an entertaining fashion, and, where there is nothing good to be achieved, filling the place of vice better than vice itself.” ArtRealExistenceFashionGeniusVicesReal LifeComplexityEntertainingInteriorsFillingSurroundingsIdlenessSeriousnessExterior Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“I've always wanted to do things differently, and if one person or ten people are doing the same, then I want to do it differently. I love to travel, I love art, I love fashion. I love going to great restaurants and trying different things. Different cultures are inspiring to me.” PeopleIfsWantTryingPersonsArtDifferentWantedCultureFashionTenRestaurantsDifferent ThingsDifferent CulturesLove FashionI Love FashionTrying Different ThingsGreat Restaurants Author:Molly Sims
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.” ArtFormSocialRealizingFashionIntercourseSocial ServiceFashion And Art Author:Francis Bacon
“When it comes to fashion or any high art, you have to have a combination of delicacy, along with taste.” ArtFashionTasteCombinationDelicacyHigh Art Author:Erykah Badu
“Becoming a fashion designer is agreeing with the fact that what you experience or what you see as free is also connected to a system. Does that mean giving up your freedom? I still don't know the answer. There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art.” KnowsGivingKindMeanDoeArtStillsDifferentFactsAnswersPsychologyFashionBecomingSceneGiving UpConnectedDesignerDifferent KindsFashion DesignerYour Freedom Author:Raf Simons
“I've always loved the fashion of the '30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era - the jewelry and the glamour.” ArtFashionErasGlamourJewelryArt Deco Author:Emmy Rossum
“Ironically, even the fashion in New York or Paris or Milan or whatever, or music in Berlin, or art in, I don't know, Madrid - all these scenes come and go. Everything leads back to Hollywood.” KnowsArtFashionNew YorkSceneHollywoodParisComes And GoesBerlinMadridMilan Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why I have kept a real relation with the Art world, by putting books from the beginning in my shops' windows.” WorldArtBookRealUsedLiteratureParentFashionWindowRelationTheatreShopsHouseholdArt WorldShop Windows Author:Sonia Rykiel
“Fashion is also a form of art, and like every kind of art, it has its own way of expression. In other words, if a dress looks better on a thin girl, on a catwalk, during a very specific moment of time and space then it's represented as part of a "fashion Show". It is after all a "Show" and it has to be understood by people that it is a "show" and not real life.” PeopleIfsWayLooksKindArtRealMomentsShowsFormGirlSpaceFashionExpressionUnderstoodDressesReal LifeTime And SpaceFashion ShowCatwalk Author:Sonia Rykiel
“The most challenging thing about this one was the vast amount of material we had at our disposal. We had a lot of media to go through - instead of fashion spreads, which informed The Eye Has To Travel, we had art, which was fantastic. I was spoiled by the access we had to these incredible archives and footage.” ArtEyeChallengesMediaFashionMaterialsAmountIncrediblesSpreadAccessFantasticSpoiledArchives Author:Lisa Immordino Vreeland
“David Bowie is kind of the pioneer of glam rock. Not just for music, but just his overall, how he incorporates fashion and other arts into music. And he does a really amazing job about being fearless and that kind of stuff.” KindDoeArtJobsStuffRocksFashionFearlessPioneersBowieReally AmazingGlamAmazing JobGlam Rock Author:BØRNS
“The difference between fashion and art is that fashion is art in movement.” ArtDifferencesFashionMovementArt IsFashion And Art Author:Carolina Herrera
“I was 17 when I moved to NYC . I'm now 32. But I do know I can't see myself living anywhere else. I love the food, the fashion, art, the intelligence of this city and the people that live in it.” PeopleKnowsArtI CanCitiesFashionMovedNyc Author:Misty Copeland
“I can one day do dance, and the next maybe do a movie, and then maybe I can choreograph, or work with different photographers for fashion shoots, or different art forms. You're never stuck. You're going at a different level. You're sucking in things, rather than closing. You're trying things out.” TryingArtI CanDifferentFormNextLevelsFashionOne DayPhotographerStuckClosingDifferent Levels Author:Sergei Polunin
“Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.” ArtSometimesBeautifulFashionUgly Author:David Bailey
“You have to have your fashion stylist person not sell out and sell your s - t to another pop star because they can pay them twice as much, and do it for the belief and the love of art.” PersonsArtBeliefStarsPayFashionSellsPopsStylistPop Stars Author:M.I.A.
“Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.” ArtCoursesProcessPracticeFashionDisciplineCrossesCompetitionArchitectureCollaborationFluidityPollination Author:Zaha Hadid
“In music, it makes for a good platform to take time and really mold a piece the way I need to mold it. When it comes to fashion, I create a functional art that moves.” WayNeedsArtMovingPiecesFashionPlatformsTake TimeMold Author:Erykah Badu
“I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.” PeopleArtHardSeeingFashionParisWorking It Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Fashion is fun, and fashion is a form of art and self-expression. And I think it should have a wink-wink nature to it. For me, it's about the way it makes you feel. If you want to feel sexy, you want to feel bright, you want to feel good. That's what people are attracted to - when they see you execute an emotion or an idea clearly and proudly.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFeelsShouldArtIdeasSelfFormFunEmotionFashionExpressionShould HaveSexyFeel GoodSelf Expression Author:Zoe Kravitz
“Fashion and all that it implies - hair, makeup - is an art form. If you look organized and well presented, people think that you're organized in your mind and you take pride in yourself. And besides, it's fun. Isn't it fun?” PeopleIfsThinkingMindWellsLooksArtFormFunFashionHairPrideOrganizedMakeupPride In Yourself Author:Nancy Pelosi
“As someone who is obsessed with fashion, I personally own non-vegan materials and am very open about that. I don't think it's right to pretend to be someone you're not to get sales. People know me on a real level because of how open I am in my videos. It was a simple choice: I didn't want to exclude anyone, that wasn't fair. I wanted EVERY customer to be able to wear my art. And it's morally right. End of story.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantArtRealEndsStoriesAbleWantedChoicesSimpleLevelsFashionMaterialsFairsCustomersVideoObsessedVeganKnow MeSales People Author:Jeffree Star
“I've always loved so many different things about social media and music and art and fashion. I always loved it. But I've been too scared to jump into it, knowing that people would be upset about it. So that's why I hid from it. And now, I'm not afraid to be myself.” PeopleArtDifferentFashionScaredSocial MediaUpsetNot Afraid Author:McKayla Maroney
“In fact, if you take any group of scores, it's likely that fifty to sixty percent are going to be so much alike that it's difficult to tell any difference among them. But I sometimes wonder if that has more to do with the quality of the art that's being made. There are always those composers who are going to move toward whatever is currently in fashion, there are others who will deliberately attempt to go in another direction. And sometimes, there are composers who will see themselves as being outside the stream and not even try to present their music to the general public.” TryingArtSometimesMovingDifficultQualityWonderFashionComposerSixty Author:Jennifer Higdon
“I can go to parties all the time and not see people I want to work with, but then sometimes I do, and the way I try to describe it is that I like to refer to art history a lot in my paintings, and there are some people who just have a face that feels like art historical. Like they could be in a Tiepolo painting as a person riding through the sky in a chariot, or she could be in a fashion magazine.” PeopleTryingArtSometimesPartyFashionPaintingHistoricalArt History Author:Will Cotton
“Kanye West is inspirational. He expresses such a strong vision beyond music, beyond fashion - it's art. He sn't afraid to push boundaries and be provocative.” ArtStrongVisionFashionMusic IsBoundariesProvocative Author:Olivier Rousteing
“One of the things I'm most proud of about myself is my ability to fail in front of the world. You have to have that attitude when you want to experiment in art, in music, in writing, or in fashion.” WorldWritingArtAbilityAttitudeFailingFashionProud Author:Solange Knowles
“There are many more important things in life than fashion. But fashion, to me, is part of pop culture. And I'm an art collector. I'm obsessed with art and pop culture. And I say that there is fame, fashion, art, music and entertainment, including celebrity, that really moves the needle in society.” ArtImportantMovingCultureFashionFameObsessedPop Culture Author:Tommy Hilfiger
“Fashion should go back to what it should be: closer to art, not totally commercial but have some artistic value at its core.” ArtValuesFashionArtistic Author:Manish Arora