"Fashion has been collected and exhibited for many years. People were picking up clothing of famous individuals, like Marie Antoinette's shoe or Napoleon's hat. That part of the resistance to having fashion in museums had to do with it being associated with femininity, and with the female body. Yet, as early as the 18th century, some people were recognizing that just as you collected art, you, might think about collecting fashion for museums, because it would provide insight into the way people thought about their lives and, and the way they envisioned themselves."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Valerie Steele

#Fashion Quotes #Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.”

Source : Sir Egerton Brydges (1834). “The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart”, p.47
“A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in hand the fig leaf our Mother Eve bequeathed to her.”
“I'm also very pleased that we were able to include a full orchestrated score for Dragon's Lair 3D. The 40 different music pieces blend with the action to make you feel more a part of the whole adventure.”
“Great literature rattles the mind and makes the body sing. It's an unmistakable, electric feeling, and too rare. That is what I want.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.”
“I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.”

Source : "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
“Some days are better than others ... It's been a long journey, but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel now.”
“Down through the centuries, the Church has carefully preserved, protected, and defended its Marian teachings, because to give them up would be to give up the gospel.”

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