Glamour September 30, 2006 6:35 pm 
Quotes

Here’s a quote on glamour that caught my eye. It’s from an article about superhero movies called “Superhero Worship” in the October issue of Atlantic Monthly.

“Glamour isn’t beauty or luxury: those are only specific manifestations for specific audiences. Glamour is an imaginative process that creates a specific, emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration and aspiration.”

Isn’t this what art’s all about? The manufacture of glamour?

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Andy wrote October 2, 2006 @ 5:21 pm

Here is another interesting quote that a colleague sent me today out of “American Marketing Association.”

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
- Calvin Coolidge

Laura wrote October 2, 2006 @ 5:28 pm

Love this. It’s just what I needed to hear today. Thank you.

Samantha wrote January 5, 2007 @ 6:08 am

Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories…

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