Best Company quotes

Guy Debord

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:43:52 +0200

"In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation."

— Guy Debord, artist, philosopher

Michel Houellebecq

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:18:02 +0200

"Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world."

— Michel Houellebecq, writer, art critic

Hedi Slimane

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:55:13 +0100

"Elegance is a progressive concept."

— Hedi Slimane, (former) designer for Dior Homme

Viktor & Rolf

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:54:31 +0100

"We think avant-garde is a word that doesn't exist anymore. What is at the forefront today is mainstream tomorrow, so the only thing we can do is grow at our own speed and claim our own space."

— Viktor & Rolf, fashion designers

Anthony Keyeux aka Hypo

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:53:48 +0100

"I don't like videos with live electronic music, I don't like mixing arts. I think it's just something to avoid people getting bored. Maybe it is boring, 'the guy on stage behind his laptop'. And if it is boring you go back home or go and have a drink. I don't expect you to listen religiously."

— Anthony Keyeux aka Hypo, musician

Daniël van der Velden

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:52:49 +0100

"Information overload is better understood when we see it as nature not as culture."

— Daniël van der Velden, graphic designer

Rafaël Rozendaal

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:51:52 +0100

"I like homeless people in general but LA bums are top of the line. They have style and grace and humour. One bum was wearing about a hundred different neck ties. Another one wore wrist bands all over his arms and legs. This other one wore a t-shirt that said 'ZIP ZERO ZILCH' and another one wore a t-shirt with a drawing of a t-shirt."

— Rafaël Rozendaal, artist

Guus Beumer

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:51:01 +0100

"We are all becoming producers instead of consumers."

— Guus Beumer, cultural philosopher, publicist (Orson+Bodil)

Jop van Bennekom & Gert Jonkers

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:50:16 +0100

"However quietly or extravagantly delivered, style is all about making a difference, about the will to stand out. It's time to be FANTASTIC."

— Jop van Bennekom & Gert Jonkers, editors of Fantastic Man

Rankin

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:48:48 +0100

"Brands are boring and branding has become negative."

— Rankin, photographer and co-founder of Dazed & Confused, Another Magazine and Rank

Bless

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:47:03 +0100

"Greedy and/or poor Bless clients should invest immediately since we decided to turn the rules of the market around. It won't get cheaper, but more expensive from week to week. The initial prices are calculated as fair as possible, late season customers are invited to cover our storage costs."

— Bless, fashion and object designers

Brian Eno

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:42:23 +0100

"Culture is everything we don't have to do."

— Brian Eno, musician, artist

Jan St Werner

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:32:41 +0100

"I think it's good to make a new mark and create a situation where we can reconsider traditions, rather then only repeating them."

— Jan St Werner, artistic director of Steim (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music)