Art Quotes

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"Fashion is not in the clothes. It is a form of architecture."
Christian Dior
"Men's fashion is about subtlety. Women's fashion is about sensuality."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is not a democracy, it is not a monarchy, it is a dictatorship."
Christian Dior
"The cut, the shape, the proportion of the silhouette is far more important than color, fabric or details."
Christian Dior
"I believe that fashion is not something that should go down to the street from the catwalk."
Christian Dior
"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress."
Christian Dior
"Fabric is the soul of fashion."
Christian Dior
"I do not copy nature, I interpret it."
Christian Dior
"The little black dress is like a backbone for every woman's wardrobe."
Christian Dior
"You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear with practically anything."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only, but it is in the sky, in the street."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is the most practical subject in the world."
Christian Dior
"Fashion must reflect the times, but it must also be timeless."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is not frivolous. It is a form of self-expression."
Christian Dior
"The silhouette is the most important thing in fashion."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is about balance and proportion."
Christian Dior
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"Fashion is not necessarily something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."
Coco Chanel
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"The difference between style and fashion is quality."
Coco Chanel
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"Remove everything that does not contribute to the beauty of the line."
Coco Chanel
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"Fashion is not something that is confined to the clothes that we wear on our body. Fashion is in the clouds and street style; everywhere and anywhere."
Coco Chanel
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"Inelegance is an incongruity of the parts to one's whole being."
Coco Chanel
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"Fashion is the most beautiful expression of a era."
Coco Chanel
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"Some people think fashion is something that occurs in the skin. No, fashion is in the mind."
Coco Chanel
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"Taste is the most subjective thing in the world. It should be made objective."
Coco Chanel
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"Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out."
Ismail Merchant
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"Every frame tells a story."
Ismail Merchant
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"Art is the expression of the soul."
Ismail Merchant
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"Art challenges our perceptions."
Ismail Merchant
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"I trade not merely in earthenware, but in the art of living."
Josiah Wedgwood
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"Taste is the power of discerning the beautiful from the ugly."
Josiah Wedgwood