In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes applique degenerate kitsch
A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols. Charles Jencks complexhouseliner Change image and share on social
If you can't take the kitsch, get out of the kitchen. Charles Jencks kitchenkitsch Change image and share on social
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or ratios between cheekbones and chin, but as wholes. The experience of beauty is a perception, but it is one that mixes up various other sensations and makes them converge in a particular way. Charles Jencks beautifulbeautycheekbone share on social
The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that. Maggie Q 1970shardkitsch Change image and share on social
I grew up at the base of a mountain in Virginia, so my comfort zone is that Appalachian area, where all the dudes wear Carhartt and all the women can put on a beautiful sweater with a snowman applique and nobody raises an eyebrow. Hilarie Burton appalachianappliquearea share on social
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. Friedrich Nietzsche addaestheticbeautiful share on social