Quoted Style

A friend sent me this via email. I thought I should share with my S&S blog fam..

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
-- Aldous Huxley (1864-1963) English Novelist

be good. do better. look your best.

Quoted Style

 You`re considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity. 

- Sophia Coppola,  Academy Award-winning American film director, actress, producer and screenwriter.

Dressing and tending to my planet

"It's a matter of discipline," the little prince told me. "When you are finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend to your planet."  

from Le Petit Prince  (Antoine de Saint Exupéry, 1943) TAMMYANKA

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All my emails go out with the above signature. I read this children's book when I worked at after school program for high risk, low income youth (code for kids whose parents were poor, had lots of trouble, parol officers and such). Beautiful children imprisoned by their circumstances.

The Prince spends his days caring for his "planet", pulling out the baobab trees that are constantly trying to take root there. The trees will make his little planet turn to dust if they are not removed. Throughout the book he is taught to be patient and to do hard work to keep his "planet" in order......(Wiki) 

It is a complex book. They loved it. I think this quote describes my daily attitude.

What inspires you? What do you live by?

be good. do better. live your best.

 TAMMYANKA

............sigh

“Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.”

Charles de Lint (Celtic folk musician and story teller)

Quoted style

Today has been pretty hectic. After pulling an all nighter I was weary in posting this morning.
Instead, I've shared below, a few quotes from famous and not-so-famous folks that sum up my thoughts on style. Atleast my thoughts right now. They are indeed subject to change as I become me.

'Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.'

Gore Vidal

'Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.' 

John Fairchild

'The only moral one can draw from history is that it is much better to invent a new fashion than a new social theory. The first may improve the appearance of men; the latter will only bring about a revolution.'

Carlo Maria Franzero

'Good clothes open all doors.'

Thomas Fuller

be good. do better. look your best.