"The new is not a fashion, it is…" — Roland Barthes

"The new is not a fashion, it is a value."

— Roland Barthes

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122 Quotes by Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes has 122 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget…
There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been…
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both…
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the…
Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of…
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but…
There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and…
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the…
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an…
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious…

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More Fashion Quotes

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact… — Giorgio Armani
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her… — Jane Austen
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. — Francis Bacon
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. — David Bailey
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. — David Bailey
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. — David Bailey
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't… — David Bailey

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