December 2011
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (via nirvikalpa)
French Essentials for the Perfect Wardrobe
1. The scarf
2. The trench
3. The ballet flat
4. The pump
5. Le smoking (tuxedo jacket)
6. The black pant
7. White tailored shirt
8. The classic bag
9. The touch of fur
10. Minimal make-up
Taken from the Hip Paris Blog
“She has a strange look. She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil, and whose feet are of silver. She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet. One might fancy she was dancing.”
—Oscar Wilde, Salome (via moldavia)
“Tant que vous n’avez pas été embrassé par un de ces pluvieux après-midis parisiens, vous n’avez jamais été embrassé.”
—Woody Allen (via lafemmesurlalune, icreateddisco) (via fauchon)
“The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.”
—Somerset Maugham (via wowloverly)