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• The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt…
• Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most…
• Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.
• Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing…
• Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes…
• You are what you pretend to be.
• It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort…
• As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by…
• Everyone has taste, yet it is more of a taboo subject than sex or money. The reason for this is simple: claims…
• I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning…
• I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.
• I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person…

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