Sofia Hedström Quotes

... the idea that the Art Lover is a freedom fighter for a better world because he thinks, and his exploration of the past gives him a perspective from which to form his own opinions and to act.

You have to go faster than the system.

Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

The young need discipline and a full bookcase.

Culture is necessary for human beings to evolve into better creatures.

Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!

Nu este posibil ca un bărbat să fie elegant fără o nuanţă de feminitate.

Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.

I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have. You know, all those incredible geniuses concentrated their lifetimes' experiences in books. It's much better than chattering away to somebody who's never read anything and knows nothing at all.

Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.

A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.

In general: the true artist is always true to his art; the impostor is self-conscious, demonstrating his idea, projecting his theory, his ego, and e.g. the figures of the painter are not borrowed ideas who demonstrate themselves talking, dying, dreaming - they dot it. They are not of themselves and they LIVE! -And the flowers are not showing us how pretty they are, or how weird. They are what they are - Etc.! No invention for the sake of invention! Invention must serve the purpose of art.