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“A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for colour, a musician for harmony and a philosopher for temperance.” Cristóbal Balenciaga →
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“Fashion is part of communication. It’s the beginning. We describe part of ourselves by how we look, but you can’t tell a book by its cover. There’s an appropriateness. I think it’s funny when decades and things are just the current thing… Everybody wants to be somebody else, rather than using those images as a… →
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“In spite of rumours of the demise of couture, the snide comments from people who say it is PR only to sell fragrance and those who see no modern validity in it, it survives. It is where art and fashion meet if only briefly… It is still a laboratory for design and things are possible… →
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“Choice has a clear and powerful instrumental value; it enables people to get what they need and want in life… Choice is what enables each person to pursue precisely those objects that best satisfy his or her own preference within the limits of his or her financial resources.” American psychologist Barry Schwartz →
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“The wheel is the extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothes as the extension of the skin, electric circuitry, an extension of the central nervous system.” →
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“The world we have is the product of our way of thinking” →
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“With creativity at the core, a new paradigm for creative subjects in higher education is emerging that removes barriers between teaching , research, needs of industry and the employability of graduates. The boundaries between these areas become more permeable and there is a move towards integration and collaboration. This collaborative culture fosters the continuing professional… →
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“The medium, or process of our time – electric technology is re-shaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted. Everything is changing: you, your family, your education, your neighbourhood, your… →
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“Today someone in Moscow, someone in Buenos Aires, someone in Sydney, someone in Bangalore can all eat the same meal in the same fast food restaurant, drive the same car, watch the same movie, struggle with the same computer software, drink the same beer, lust after the same pop star and wear the same clothes,… →
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“ The work of art is a complex but continuous single system within which parts fall into place, and without which the particular judgments can have no validity.” →