Dandyism Quote by William Hazlitt

Dandyism is a species of genius.

— William Hazlitt

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough…

— Lewis H. Lapham

Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't - he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that.…

— Sebastian Horsley

“Other than involving yourself with ungrateful vegetable matter, colour, vigour and fascination can be imparted into a small outdoor space by several other methods.…

— Vic Darkwood Gustav Temple

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

— George Meredith

Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)

— Kate Spade

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling…

— Charles Baudelaire

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough…

— Lewis H. Lapham

Detachment is the prerogative of an elite; and as the dandy is the nineteenth century's surrogate for the aristocrat in matters ofculture, so Camp…

— Susan Sontag

We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry…

— Robert Adam

“I adore simple pleasures, they are the last refuge of the complex." - A Woman of No Importance 45. Detachment is the prerogative of…

— Susan Sontag

Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be.

— Sebastian Horsley