“Men have begun to observe and classify, they turn from creation to Criticism... It is the Fashion to be a wit... one must be able to conceal indecency with elegant diction; manners are everything, morals nothing.” MenAbleTurnsMoralFashionCreationCriticismWitMannersElegantDiction Author:James Branch Cabell
“Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a not-too-French French bean!” YoungPassionFashionCriticismAttachmentVegetablesSentimentalPlatoPotatoesBeansSpleenBashful Author:W. S. Gilbert
“The only way to make a criticism of something is to really participate in it. I'm a completely capitalist person. I participate in commodity culture and the fashion world. High art is a money-making vehicle. We're not making art in a vacuum. We're not shopping in the woods. These are all things that we do within the larger system of capitalism. For me to critique it, I'm also participating in it. That's obvious, I feel. In my work, I participate in the things that I critique. I satirize the things that I love and know well and find problematic.” WorldArtCultureFashionArt IsCapitalismCriticismObviousCapitalistVehicleCommodityCritique Author:Chloe Wise