To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson
Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. Leonard Cohen
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant. Patti Smith
Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers. Alexander McQueen