March 2011
“I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self.”
—Mainbocher (via thatkindofwoman)
“And art exists that one may recover the sensation of life; it exists to make one feel things, to make the stone stony. The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects “unfamiliar”, to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged.”
—Victor Shklovsky, from Art as Technique
Nineteen
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“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times. Some people are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
—Sydney J. Harris (via world-shaker)
“All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions.”
—Elbert Hubbard (via misswallflower)