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Gilt Quotes

The shine that covers what's underneath.

Directors chasing anything lavish, a woman shaped to fit a gilt cage from infancy - these quotes treat gilt as decoration that can trap as easily as it dazzles, echoing the vanity found in Beauty.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent.

Quotes by Tom Hooper

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man...

P. T. Barnum

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

Always Quotes

Favouring employment versus the financial markets is a decent policy; certainly not beneficial for the currency or the gilt market, but beneficial for the people.

Quotes by Bill Gross

When I was working at Gilt, a lot of people at the time - this is back in 2009; Gilt launched in 2007 - were making their first fashion purchases online and at a discount.

Quotes by Aslaug Magnusdottir

Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the...

Quotes by Aileen Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'gilt' mean across these quotes?
It's used both literally, as gold plating and lavish decoration, and figuratively, describing a false shine covering something less impressive underneath.
Is there a quote about filmmaking and gilt?
Yes, one notes that directors can become overly infatuated with gilt and gold, chasing a lavish, magnificent look rather than substance.
How does gilt connect to being trapped, according to these quotes?
One describes a mind shaped from infancy to roam a gilt cage, using the phrase to suggest beauty and confinement can coexist.
What does the quote about idols and gilt mean?
It warns that touching what we admire too closely reveals the gilt coming off in our hands, exposing the illusion behind admiration.
Is gilt only described negatively here?
No, one quote praises gilt signs and politeness as smart business capital, alongside themes explored further in Beauty quotes.

There's a warning about idols too: touch them and the gilt comes off in your hands. Yet in business, gilt signs and politeness are called the best capital anyone can invest, proof the same shine cuts both ways.