"Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral……" — Virginia Postrel
"Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral of commercial arts."
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80 Quotes by Virginia Postrel
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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.
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Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a…
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Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs…
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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating…
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Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
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European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities…
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At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things…
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Dialysis does not make patients well. It simply postpones their deaths.
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Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is…
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The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future…
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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an…
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As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have…
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More Arts Quotes
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
— Ansel Adams
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
— Theodore Bikel
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
— Theodore Bikel
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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some…
— David Bowie
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I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.
— Ray Bradbury
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
— Eli Broad
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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
— Andre Breton
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One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both…
— Jeff Bridges
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Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
— Eli Broad
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Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.
— Les Brown
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