Quotes About Elegance

Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.

Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

Balenciaga taught me everything I know. He taught me to care for the details, that it was not necessary to sew on a button where it had no use or to add a flower to make a dress beautiful... no unnecessary detail.

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.

Penelope Fitzgerald never fails to surprise: her language is clever and elegant, her settings are unusual, her characters are unpredictable, and I am always caught out by a line or moment which makes me laugh out loud.

I love dressing up and I love looking good.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art. I don't want to live a grubby life.

'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.

The champagne tastes the same if you're sitting bolt upright or sunk back into a sofa, so you might as well be upright, because you look better.

She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress.

Elegant writers depict intricacy with simplicity.

A modest woman dressed out in all her finery is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

When a woman dressjBS up for an occasion the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel.

Grace was in all her steps heaven in her eye In every gesture dignity and love.

I hope that the women who wear my perfume will have men all over them.

The last thing left in nature is the beauty of women.

I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.

Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Design isn't just about making things beautiful; it's also about making things work beautifully.