Edward Sapir Quotes


Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.


Citations

Sapir, Edward. "Fashion." Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, vol. 6, Macmillan, 1931, p. 140.

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Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir
  • Born: January 26, 1884
  • Died: February 4, 1939
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Scientist

Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States.