All I want is the best of everything and there’s very little of that left.
Cecil Beaton Quotes
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.
Similar Quotes
Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear.
- Stephen KingThe heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds...
- Gautama BuddhaTo live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Joseph Chilton PearceFear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.
- Sidney HookThe worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
- Arthur Christopher BensonComments on: "Cecil Beaton Quotes: Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely..."
| Birth: | 14th January, 1904 |
| Death: | 18th January, 1980 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Costume Designer, Interior Designer, Painter, Photographer, Writer |
About
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was born in Hampstead, London. She was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, writer, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970. Beaton's first camera was a Kodak 3A folding camera. He is best known for his fashion photographs and society portraits. He worked as a staff photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue in addition to photographing celebrities in Hollywood. He also designed the period costumes for the 1970 film On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. He is the winner of four Tony Awards. He also designed the academic dress of the University of East Anglia.
Share with your friends