Quote by Roland Barthes
The New is not a fashion, it is a value. - Roland Barthes

The New is not a fashion, it is a value. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

Historically and politically, the petit-bourgeois is the key to the century. The bourgeois and proletariat classes have become abstractions: the petite-bourgeoisie, in contrast, is everywhere, you can see it everywhere, even in the areas of the bourgeois and the proletariat, whats left of them. – Roland Barthes

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Class
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Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes

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Other Quotes from
Fashion
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. – Bertolt Brecht

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Fashion

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. – Eric Bently

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Fashion

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. – Hannah Arendt

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Fashion

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year. – Fred A. Allen

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Fashion

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Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free. – Horace

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Energy is eternal delight. – William Blake

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Players: A vital part of any sporting event, they entertain the crowd in the intervals between timeouts so the cheerleaders can take a well-earned break. – Author Unknown

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