Chic Quote by Edith Sitwell Download Open image “Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.” — Edith Sitwell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chic Descendants Dullness God Goddess Modern Reality Vulgarity Vulgarity is
By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody… — Solomon Schechter Copy Share Image
At root, vulgar just means popular on a mass scale. It is the semantic opposite of pretentious or snobby. It is humility with a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die,… — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
There is a fine line between sensuousness and vulgarity. I will not cross that line. — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
I think the reason for vulgarity is because of the freedom that there is now to do certain things, and a lack of sophistication… — Polly Allen Mellen Copy Share Image
The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
The great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“Said the lion to the lioness - "when you are amber dust - No more a raging fire like the heat of the sun… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“The fusty showman fumbles, must Fit in a particle of dust The universe, for fear it gain Its freedom from my cube of brain.… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
What is the special privilege of youth? It is, I think, the power of looking forward, the firm belief that the future holds something… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
I think dressing up or down should be a creative experience. Exciting. Fun. For me the key to personal style lies in accessories. I… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled,… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
“I remember thinking that. You were dork chic before dork chic was chic.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I like to mix the street look with classy and sexy. I call it 'hood chic.' — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
I kind of had an idea that New York would be like Fashion Week, where everyone always looks incredibly chic and cool, and I… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite… — Namie Amuro Copy Share Image
I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self. — Mainbocher Copy Share Image