Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
Coco ChanelRead
Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.
Interpretation
Adornment reflects a person's inner feelings and character.
This quote by Coco Chanel suggests that the way we choose to adorn ourselves—whether through fashion, accessories, or personal style—serves as a mirror to our inner selves. It implies that our external appearance can reveal our true emotions, values, and personality traits.
In practice
During a fashion seminar, one might say this quote to emphasize the deeper connection between style and personality.
Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
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You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!
The poem, the song, the picture, is only water drawn from the well of the people, and it should be given back to them in a cup of beauty so that they may drink - and in drinking understand themselves.
Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.
I, too, am interested in identity and Islam, which is what people expect of us. But one must not write what is expected. It's important for North African writers to show they have other things to say.
Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke.
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