--- title: "2 Bourgeois Quotes By Miuccia Prada" description: "2 Bourgeois quotes by Miuccia Prada. Plus more from Miuccia Prada and more Bourgeois sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/miuccia-prada-4179_appeals_if-i-have-done-anything-it-is-to-make-ug_1892225.jpg" --- > [If I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. In fact, most of my work is concerned with destroying—or at least deconstructing—conventional ideas of beauty, of the generic appeal of the beautiful, glamorous, bourgeois woman. Fashion fosters clichés…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/if-i-have-done-anything-it-is-to-make-ugly-appealing-in-fact-most-of/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/miuccia-prada-4179_appeals_if-i-have-done-anything-it-is-to-make-ug_1892225.jpg) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/ugly-is-attractive-ugly-is-exciting-maybe-because-it-is-newer-the/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/miuccia-prada-4179_attractive_ugly-is-attractive-ugly-is-exciting-mayb_2176786.jpg) ## Other authors on Bourgeois - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/karl-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-lenin-94029.jpg) Vladimir Lenin 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/vladimir-lenin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-louise-bourgeois-61482.jpg) Louise Bourgeois 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/louise-bourgeois/) - [Alejandro Castro Espin 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/alejandro-castro-espin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gustave-flaubert-39717.jpg) Gustave Flaubert 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/gustave-flaubert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rosa-luxemburg-81224.jpg) Rosa Luxemburg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/rosa-luxemburg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-allan-bloom-11693.jpg) Allan Bloom 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/allan-bloom/) ## More by Miuccia Prada > [Women always try to tame themselves as they get older, but the ones who look best are often a bit wilder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/women-always-try-to-tame-themselves-as-they-get-older-but-the-ones/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-always-believe-in-doing-new-things-and-using-new-materials-that-i/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [In Europe the world of fashion is too conservative, very eighties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/in-europe-the-world-of-fashion-is-too-conservative-very-eighties/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/what-you-wear-is-how-you-present-yourself-to-the-world-especially/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [When I talk with people, I don't even see what they are wearing . . . No, I recognize it if it's something particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/when-i-talk-with-people-i-don-t-even-see-what-they-are-wearing-no-i/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [Girls throw away so much energy in this search for beauty and sexiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/girls-throw-away-so-much-energy-in-this-search-for-beauty-and-sexiness/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [I would say that clothes are an excuse for living in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-would-say-that-clothes-are-an-excuse-for-living-in-the-world/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [I'm not interested in how people dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-m-not-interested-in-how-people-dress/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [My learning process is by eye alone it's not at all scientific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/my-learning-process-is-by-eye-alone-it-s-not-at-all-scientific/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [The mirrors reflect a sense of displacement in today's fashion, a lack of clear vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/the-mirrors-reflect-a-sense-of-displacement-in-today-s-fashion-a-lack/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [Designing for me is a very complex process. There are many ideas that I want to express in one object, very often contradictory. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/designing-for-me-is-a-very-complex-process-there-are-many-ideas-that/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [I don't want to say temporary, because temporary is such a trendy word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-don-t-want-to-say-temporary-because-temporary-is-such-a-trendy-word/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [The older I get, the more I prefer to talk to old people. Old people or kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-prefer-to-talk-to-old-people-old-people-or/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-once-tried-to-make-lace-which-has-been-a-great-obsession-of-women/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) > [People ask me how can I be stylish, how can I be elegant and what can I wear? My only answer is study! You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/people-ask-me-how-can-i-be-stylish-how-can-i-be-elegant-and-what-can/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bourgeois/miuccia-prada/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bourgeois Quotes By Miuccia Prada", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. 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