One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette' — Matthew Healy
It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion. — Vivienne Westwood
There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon. — Paris Hilton
Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable. — Brassai
Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities. — Saint Augustine
My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing. — Nick Brandt
The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed. — Anne Geddes
In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is some terrible or great moment, we remember the stills. — Annie Leibovitz
Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story — Saul Bass
The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen in time. — Steve McCurry
One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space? — Anish Kapoor
Formidable marques. But they do not have the mythic dimension that Dior or Vuitton have. — Bernard Arnault
The poignancy of a photograph comes from looking back to a fleeting moment in a floating world. The transitoriness is what creates the sense of the sacred — Allen Ginsberg
Short Iconic Quotes
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades. — Audrey Hepburn
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. — Coco Chanel
Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are. — Gianni Versace
I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon. — Valentino Rossi
The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette. — Giambattista Valli
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. — Ray Liotta
In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous. — Elsa Schiaparelli
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. — Karl Lagerfeld
Decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live. — Gianni Versace
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. — Morgan Freeman
Iconic Image Quotes
Most Iconic Quotes
Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing. — Alexander Wang
Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. — Mary Berry
My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." — Winston Groom
The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration. — Karl Lagerfeld
A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes. — Tom Robbins
Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions. — Patricia Ireland
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles — Pat Metheny
I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult. — Joss Whedon
It is fashionable to scoff at Americans, but they routinely produce most of the important and ground-breaking entertainment in the world. 'Popular culture' is still culture, Shakespeare was once as popular as any of today's icons with the common people. — Ian O'Doherty
I am passionate about making sure that we collectively and proactively preserve all of the world's most iconic coastal and oceanic wild places - those keystone ecosystems that are irreplaceable, breathtakingly beautiful refuges for fish and other marine wildlife. — Serge Dedina
Fashion Icon Quotes
I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. — Alexander McQueen
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language. — Miuccia Prada
People will stare. Make it worth their while. — Harry Winston
If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better. — Anna Wintour
Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose. — Lauren Hutton
I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth. — Karl Lagerfeld
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. — Dorothy Parker
Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever. — Ralph Lauren
Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you. — Ralph Lauren
Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak. — Rachel Zoe
Style Icons Quotes
My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort — Isabella Blow
Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring. — Diana Vreeland
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. — Diana Vreeland
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. — Coco Chanel
Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy. — Kimora Lee Simmons
Fashion is in the sky, in the street. — Coco Chanel
When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today. — Caitlin Moran
Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered. — Giorgio Armani
In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and believe me, that would never have happened if Danny Glover had been Red instead of Morgan Freeman. — Bill Simmons
Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One False Move, Bad Santa even. I mean Bad Santa is a comedy, and it's a very dark comedy, and it's become like iconic, you know. — Billy Bob Thornton
The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club. — Chuck Palahniuk
I saw how you could get away with such a free-spirited, naturalistic sensibility in a mainstream Hollywood movie, and you could apply a lot of the skills of the '70s icons that I really admire to a contemporary, commercial movie. — David Gordon Green
I think what sets this one apart is that there are two horror movie icons finally battling each other. You actually see them beat the crap out of each other instead of just terrorizing the kids in the movie. — Monica Keena
It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?' — Daniel Craig
When you look across the ring at me, and you look into my eyes, you are not immmortal, you are not an icon; you are just like everybody else. You are an obstacle, and I will run you over. And that is not a threat, that is not a warning; that is just a fact! Because brother, I am THE GAME...and I AM THAT...DAMN...GOOD! — Triple H
We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope back into the world but us. — Marge Piercy
The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb. — Shane Claiborne
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph. — Tom Brokaw
Greatness makes you a legend; being the best makes you an icon. If you want to be great, deliver the unexpected. — Tim Grover
The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. — John of Damascus
The work has that iconic quality. His appeal is real. — Yusaku Maezawa
Actually the ATP Synthase and proton gradients is by far the coolest molecular invention of life, followed by the Ribosome and then maaaaybe DNA, despite it being so iconic and getting so much press. Tell your friends. — Andrej Karpathy
A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become more apt as a symbol of the timeless libertarian paradox: Monopoly verging on feudalism emerges from unregulated competition to bite libertarianism in the posterior. — Jedediah Purdy
Greatness makes you a legend; being the best makes you an icon. If you want to be great, deliver the unexpected. If you want to be the best, deliver a miracle. — Tim Grover
A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through? — Emilia Clarke
Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from small local cafes to iconic five-star restaurants. — Mark Hyman, M.D.
Somebody like Mailer brings to that role everything that he stands for. The types of characters that I gravitate towards, the types of icons, tend to have a heavy physicality in that way. — Matthew Barney
A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again and again. Because it is that frozen moment. I think it tends to burn into your psyche. It becomes ingrained in your mind. A powerful picture becomes iconic of a place or a time or a situation. — Steve McCurry
Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years. — Anna Maria Chavez
In questioning initially whether I am a great investor, I open the door to question whether other similarly esteemed public icons like Bill Miller are as well. It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel - wherever and whatever that might be. — Bill Gross
Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability. — Amitabh Bachchan
We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what. — Robyn Hitchcock
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far. — Fumihiko Maki
I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors. — Ian Mckellen
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