Karl Philipp Moritz Quotes

Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

Everybody looks at his clothes to see what he's wearing.

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

I have no hips, and I feel like my body's like a teenage boy's. But I can have the hair long, put on makeup, wear a dress, and do the exact opposite as well.

We're premiering 'The Neon Demon' in Cannes, which is the representation of 'The Neon Demon,' which is all about glamour and vulgarity.

I am a shopaholic, like to wear make-up, and believe in vanity.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

I was kind of a tomboy.

Shorts are silly. Men in shorts are silly men. And silly is the very worst thing a man can be.

When I was younger, I was so damn pretty, I looked like a girl, so I understand why guys didn't like me.

I wouldn't look pretty as a woman.

I carry with me from my male upbringing a sense that femininity is forbidden. So when I appear on YouTube with forty butterflies glued to my body and glitter all over my face, I have a sense that I'm getting away with something I'm not supposed to. I'm being decadent. I'm enjoying a forbidden pleasure. And that's fun, and it's funny.

You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.

A way a woman walks and talks and moves and behaves is completely connected to how she looks.

I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't matter in the theatre.

If you are a man, I feel that practicality should always trump fashion.

I try to wear a dress and heels when I want to make more of an effort and be a bit more feminine.

I just like to look nice.

I had a bit of a reputation as a tomboy.

To a straight man, the notion of walking around as a coiffed, waxed, nail-polish-wearing, lispy dude is uproariously absurd. As people, we find absurdities funny. That's our first step in making sense of them.

We are tomboys.

At heart I am a tomboy.

I don't care about my clothes.