Quotes on the topic: Silk


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I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.


I'm for mechanical art. When I took up silk screening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through the commercial techniques of multiple reproduction.


I don't wear leather, wool, or silk.


To borrow from the writings of a spider named Charlotte: 'Silk is terrific!'


The gospel may not make a sow's ear into a silk purse, but it will make everybody better if they live it. I've tried it. It stands the test.


You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.


My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion.


Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them in my hair. Never round my neck, though.


I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?


The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.


For the traveller, Kazakhstan offers more than just a staging post for the Silk Road, as is often perceived, and there is more than just steppe.


Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.


I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.