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Stephen Bayley Quotes

I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive Picture Quote #1

I just don’t understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I’m vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it’s not that I believe my taste is superior, I just can not believe that other people don’t care Picture Quote #1

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner Picture Quote #1

You are what you pretend to be Picture Quote #1

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things Picture Quote #1

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style Picture Quote #1

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The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances Picture Quote #1

Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing the new is the same as acquiring value... If the purchase of a new garment coincides with the wearing out of an old one, then obviously there is no fashion. If a garment is worn beyond the moment of its natural replacement, there is pauperization. Fashion flourishes on surplus, when someone buys more than he or she needs Picture Quote #1

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic Picture Quote #1

That’s one of the things about getting older isn’t it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more Picture Quote #1

Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its apotheosis. A ritualized gathering of connoiseurs and the spoilt at a spotlit parade of snazzy pulchritude, it is an industrialized version of the pagan festivals of renewal. At the end of each seasonal display, a priesthood is enjoined to carry news of the omens to the masses Picture Quote #1

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods Picture Quote #1

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I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive (Stephen Bayley Quotes) I just don’t understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I’m vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it’s not that I believe my taste is superior, I just can not believe that other people don’t care (Stephen Bayley Quotes) My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner. (Stephen Bayley Quotes) You are what you pretend to be (Stephen Bayley Quotes) It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things (Stephen Bayley Quotes) Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style (Stephen Bayley Quotes) The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances (Stephen Bayley Quotes) Fashion is the most intense expression of the phenomenon of neomania, which has grown ever since the birth of capitalism. Neomania assumes that purchasing the new is the same as acquiring value... If the purchase of a new garment coincides with the wearing out of an old one, then obviously there is no fashion. If a garment is worn beyond the moment of its natural replacement, there is pauperization. Fashion flourishes on surplus, when someone buys more than he or she needs (Stephen Bayley Quotes) I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic (Stephen Bayley Quotes) That’s one of the things about getting older isn’t it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more (Stephen Bayley Quotes) Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its apotheosis. A ritualized gathering of connoiseurs and the spoilt at a spotlit parade of snazzy pulchritude, it is an industrialized version of the pagan festivals of renewal. At the end of each seasonal display, a priesthood is enjoined to carry news of the omens to the masses (Stephen Bayley Quotes) In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods (Stephen Bayley Quotes)