"Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style."

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Source : Stephen Bayley (2000). “General Knowledge”, Booth-Clibborn

Stephen Bayley

#Reality Quotes #Style Quotes #Taste Quotes

“I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.”
“A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.”
“I'm at the atheist end of the agnostic spectrum.”
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,for each day to have a new and different sun.”
“It was their mothers, long ago. Tibby noted with joy that all four of them were wearing jeans.”
“Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. â€œDonâ€™t bother,â€ Esrahaddon told them. â€œSheâ€™s dead, and thereâ€™s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. Itâ€”â€ The two were out the door.”
“It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.”

Source : Quoted in N Hentoff Jazz Is (1978).
“In my very own self, I am part of my family.”

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