Miuccia Prada Quotes

If I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. In fact, most of my work is concerned with destroying—or at least deconstructing—conventional ideas of beauty, of the generic appeal of the beautiful, glamorous, bourgeois woman. Fashion fosters clichés of beauty, but I want to tear them apart.

Miuccia Prada

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• Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Worry
  • Perception

• I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.

  

  Kajol
  • Up
  • Personality
  • Safety

• It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.

  

  Jackie Speier
  • Important
  • Home
  • American

• Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Power
  • Focus

• I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.

  

  Randy Wayne
  • Great
  • Done
  • Think

• I have a good relationship with Lifetime.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Good
  • Relationship
  • Lifetime

• I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.

  

  Ma Jian
  • People
  • Believe
  • Live

• I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

  

  Major Taylor
  • Good
  • Career
  • Practice

• I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

  

  Oscar De La Hoya
  • Running
  • Single
  • Day

• I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.

  

  Ted Lange
  • Believe
  • I Believe
  • Away

• Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Generous
  • Financially

• I started off doing theater as a kid, and I always played a character. I hid behind the script and was told where to go. But to actually perform as yourself is very difficult. I didn't used to enjoy it, but now I do.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Character
  • Enjoy
  • Yourself

• Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • God
  • Things
  • Caesar

• Most of the time, we keep looking outside and feeling sad about what others have. Those are mere excuses.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Time
  • Feeling
  • Sad

• Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.

  

  Birch Bayh
  • Inspiration
  • Election
  • John Kennedy

• My husband always smells good to me.

  

  Jessica Capshaw
  • Good
  • Husband

• Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you're connected to everybody. You've got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don't actually talk to anybody. You're not close to anybody.

  

  Jason Reitman
  • Friends

• I've known elephants with broken hearts, others with depression.

  

  Mark Shand
  • Broken
  • Depression

• I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

  

  Jewel Kilcher
  • World

• I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

  

  Jacqueline Novogratz
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Children

• Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Kid
  • Really
  • Ever

• When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.

  

  Joel Robuchon
  • Life
  • Important

• I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.

  

  Lena Horne
  • People
  • Great
  • Black

• If I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. In fact, most of my work is concerned with destroying—or at least deconstructing—conventional ideas of beauty, of the generic appeal of the beautiful, glamorous, bourgeois woman. Fashion fosters clichés of beauty, but I want to tear them apart.

  

  Miuccia Prada
  • Beautiful
  • Concerned
  • Destroying