“Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti”
Jacques Barzun
“European imperialism long ago made Tahiti a distant suburb of Paris, the missionaries made it a suburb of Christ's kingdom, and the radio made it a suburb of Los Angeles”
Cedric Belfrage
“Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?”
Henri Matisse
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”
Cecil Beaton
“Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage.”
Brian Molko
“But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical because we just don't have room for it in our budget.”
Alex Padilla
“The requirements of the program are widely perceived as unrealistic, impractical, shortsighted and inherently unfair.”
Amy Handlin
