Dita Von Teese Quotes

I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.

I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.

I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.

I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.

I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'

I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.

They may be a little more high brow than we are.

Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm.

I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.

Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

Early on, I really liked the idea of being confrontational. I loved the idea of making songs that made people really uncomfortable.

Pop shouldn't be a comfortable slipper. It should shock and surprise you and confront your expectations.

I work in three shades of black.

You can't get down and dirty at the opera.

I like films that are edgy, provocative, non-formula and original.

I've always loved high style in low company.

I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.

I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

I'm putting on a suit and tie when I go see The Great Gatsby.

Beauty is power and elegance, right action, form fitting function, intelligence, and reasonability. And very often expressed in curves.