Fashion Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides
““If you try to write posthumously, however, fashion doesn’t apply. You step off the catwalk, ignoring this season’s trends and resigning yourself to being unfashionable and possibly unnoticed, at least for a while. As Kurt Woolf, Kafka’s first publisher in Germany, wrote to him after Kafka’s book tanked, “You and we know that it is generally just the best and most valuable things that do not find their echo immediately.” Fashion is the attempt to evade that principle: to be the echo of someone else’s success and, therefore, to create nothing that might create an echo of its own.””
About This Quote
Source Essay: Interview in The New Yorker, 2015
Writing that defies current trends may be ignored at first but can become valuable over time.
In simple terms: Unfashionable work can later be valuable.
Key Takeaway
Create without chasing trends.
Themes
creativity
originality
timelessness
Mood
reflective
determined
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- publishing
- artistic projects
- marketing strategies
Key Concepts
cultural critique
literary theory
Questions to Reflect On
- Will you prioritize originality over immediate approval?
- How can you sustain motivation when unnoticed?
A Different Perspective
Risk of obscurity before recognition.
