Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
Miuccia PradaRead
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.
Interpretation
Fashion serves as a form of self-expression and communication in a fast-paced world.
This quote emphasizes the importance of personal style as a reflection of one's identity. In today's quick interactions, what we choose to wear communicates our personality and values to others, making fashion a vital form of non-verbal communication.
In practice
A fashion show where designers showcase their collections and explain the meaning behind each piece.
Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.
When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.
Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not?
It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.
One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.
In all the creative work that I have done, what has come first is a problem, a puzzle involving discomfort.
But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.
I used to think there was something dirty about being paid for something which is a sacred thing to do. I can't disconnect the act of writing music from the act of prayer. If anyone tries to stop me working, it feels like someone is trying to stop me from taking communion.
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
Perhaps things are most beautiful when they are not quite real; when you look upon a scene as an outsider, and come to possess it in its entirety and forever; when you live in the present with the lucidity and feeling of memory; when, for want of connection, the world deepens and becomes art.
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