The American Appearances Quotes

Newman is totally enamored with the pattern of—yes, ladies and gents—the picture frame. But this frame ain't just a frame: Newman's admiration shows that he's just as interested in what surrounds content as he is in content. Newman has good taste…but he's still more than a tad superficial.

Appearances can be dangerous, especially in the cutthroat high-society world of Paris. A pretty woman = a woman in high demand, and Newman doesn't know if he can make the cut when it comes to seducing a hottie like Claire.

According to M. Nioche, Paris chews up beauties and spits them out. Totally merciless. But as we see in the character of Mrs. Tristram, soul without beauty has a longer shelf life than beauty without soul.