I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way…

“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful…

— Gail Carriger

If you come up with the original idea on your laptop, anything else is an embellishment of that idea. It's nice to have the…

— Hudson Mohawke

I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources…

— Jane Austen

I’ve always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be…

— Christian Louboutin

Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will…

— Samuel Johnson

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

— Vera Wang

You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either continue to…

— Billy Collins

But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.

— Louise Erdrich

Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation…

— Laurence Sterne

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

— Boyd K. Packer

The inspiration starts with the armor my parents collected. The references are subtle, whether in the mix of textures (woven, quilted, pleated) or in…

— Tory Burch

Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory.

— Karin Slaughter

At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of…

— George Washington

I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I just love…

— Gail Carson Levine

Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are victims to the spell. Their world is like a magic island in which the factors of life…

— Ernest K. Gann