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Cecil Beaton quotes

English Photographer January 14, 1904 – January 18, 1980

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Cecil Beaton quote: "All I want is the best of everything and there's very little..."
All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left. Cecil Beaton
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. Cecil Beaton
Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. Cecil Beaton
More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure. Cecil Beaton
I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue. Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "The truly fashionable are beyond fashion."
The truly fashionable are beyond fashion. Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "What is elegance? Soap and water!"
What is elegance? Soap and water! Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who..."
Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me. Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first..."
Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore. Cecil Beaton
Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrityof purpose and imaginative visionagainst the play-it-safers. Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "I can't afford a whole new set of enemies."
I can't afford a whole new set of enemies. Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton quote: "San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American..."
San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities. Cecil Beaton
On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser. Cecil Beaton

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