“The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent. [Lat., Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.]” HumansLongFashionRemainsFortuneAffairVicesFortuna Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.” LooksAsksModernFashionStyleBuildingCivilizationRemainsStructureHistoricalContemporaryCopiesAbsurdityVulgarityAnachronism Author:Louis Sullivan
“Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.” WellsArtSelfPrinciplesStudyFashionPlanetsDevelopmentRemainsBusyIllArtisticPrimariesVisibleGymPerformersRidingAdoptionSelf DevelopmentToo BusyMelodramaHorsebackKabbalahHorseback RidingMerchandising Author:Camille Paglia
“Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.” MayBlackOne ThingFashionMonthsSixRemainsSix Months Author:Paulo Coelho
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” InspirationalFashionStyleRemainsFadesFashionableFashion DesignerFashion And StyleCoutureFashion StyleGreat FashionFashion InspirationalFashion ModelFrench FashionFashion InspirationFashion AccessoryFashion And Beauty Author:Coco Chanel
“Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage.” MenSelfFightingAnimalSacrificeBloodFashionHeroClothesDressesRemainsInternationalSavagesSplendidThirstyUniformity Book:Outspoken essays Source: Outspoken essays
“While there have been great technological advances in the study of the brain, yielding enormous amounts of data on its physical and psychological characteristics, the old problem of relating mind to brain in a reasonable fashion remains unaccomplished.” MindHas BeensProblemBrainStudyFashionAmountRemainsEnormousPsychologicalDataCharacteristicsReasonableTechnological Author:Michael Gazzaniga
“I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.” Has BeensNumbersFashionStylePaintingInvolvedRemainsWaveSnobSpeculatorsConnoisseur Book:Picasso on art: a selection of views Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views