South African Hip

Famous quotes containing the words south, african and/or hip:

    “The white gulls south of Victoria
    catch tossed crumbs in midair.
    When anyone hears the Catbird
    he gets lonesome.”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “Kitsch ... is one of the major categories of the modern object. Knick-knacks, rustic odds-and-ends, souvenirs, lampshades, and African masks: the kitsch-object is collectively this whole plethora of “trashy,” sham or faked objects, this whole museum of junk which proliferates everywhere.... Kitsch is the equivalent to the “cliché” in discourse.”
    —Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

    “He’s a man who shoots from the hip. And a man who’s hip when he shoots.”
    —Jeremy Larner, U.S. screenwriter. Banquet master of ceremonies (Pat Harrington, Jr.)