Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"I believe in nothing. Everything is absurd."
Karl Lagerfeld
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"I believe in the power of contradiction and paradox in design."
Miuccia Prada
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"I think about clothes as a way of thinking about the world."
Miuccia Prada
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"I am drawn to the tension between simplicity and complexity in design."
Miuccia Prada
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"Understanding contradictions is key to understanding contemporary fashion."
Miuccia Prada
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"Fashion requires the ability to hold multiple ideas in tension simultaneously."
Miuccia Prada
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"The way we dress is a form of resistance and a form of conformity simultaneously."
Miuccia Prada
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"I am interested in fashion as a form of philosophy made visible."
Miuccia Prada
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"Simplicity is sophistication in its purest form."
Calvin Klein
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"I always say that the most important thing is not the clothes, but the person who wears them."
Karl Lagerfeld
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"The most dangerous thing about power is that it can make you forget who you are."
Karl Lagerfeld
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"The world of fashion is a reflection of society."
Giorgio Armani
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"I believe that design should have a purpose beyond aesthetics."
Giorgio Armani
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"Style teaches us that life itself is an art form."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Tradition without innovation is stagnation; innovation without tradition is chaos."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Philosophy explores the deepest questions."
Ismail Merchant
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"Philosophy helps us examine our lives."
Ismail Merchant
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"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."
Josiah Wedgwood
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"I am interested in the way that we look at things, and the importance of perception."
Giorgio Armani
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"Simplicity requires the most sophisticated thinking."
Giorgio Armani
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"Culture is the immune system of a civilization."
Sergei Diaghilev
"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."
Christian Dior
"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts."
Christian Dior
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"I believe that cinema is a mirror reflecting society's soul."
Ismail Merchant
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"A great film asks questions rather than providing easy answers."
Ismail Merchant
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"I believe in the importance of structure in freedom."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"I have always believed that fashion should serve humanity, not enslave it."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Giovanni Medici
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Giovanni Medici
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"Everything that I do, I do with intention. Nothing in life should be accidental."
Coco Chanel