Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.

Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.

Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.

Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it's a miracle that we don't dissolve in our baths.

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility... It insists on living its own life.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.