I found this brilliant quote yesterday while researching the history of make-up for one of my Uni modules. From a 1916 edition of McClure's Magazine:
"Natural beauty, indeed may be regarded as so much raw material which the artist has the right to adapt and enhance. Of course, there will always be silly women who think of nothing else but their looks, and there will always be bad artists who over-do the thing. Perhaps if they were to sign their complexions - as other artists sign their pictures - they would take more care of and pride in them. Certainly some complexions are such masterpieces that one often longs to know the name of the artist."
Richard Le Gallienne
Ah what a great quote ! It's great to hear an in-depth analysis of both make-up and the wearer, when people regard it to be so shallow.
ReplyDeleteThis takes me back to Comms and Culture when we were studying about make-up/looks/society...wow that's ages ago now :P xxx
Yeah, I love researching the history of society, make-up and fashions, i find it so interesting :) x
DeleteOhh I know, college seems like decades ago! Aha, makes me feel so old :p