#tattoo

I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one's life wearing a typo. ↗

— Anne Fadiman

#typo #imagination

Believe it or not, some of us have piercings and tattoos and dye our hair because we think it looks pretty, not for any deep sociological reason. This isn't an act of protest against cultural or social repression. It's not a grand, deliberately defiant gesture against capitalists or feminists or any other social group. It's not even the fashion equivalent to sticking two fingers up at the world. The boring truth of it, Gabriel, is that I don't dress like this to hurt my parents or draw attention to myself or make a statement. I just do it because I think it looks nice. Disappointed? ↗

— Alex Bell

#piercings #tattoos #sociology

I’ve got a flesh-colored tattoo. I drew it myself. You should see it sometime, if only you could see it (it’s invisible).
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— Jarod Kintz

#drawing #flesh #invisible #tattoo #art

I know people have tattooed my 'Sons of Anarchy' photos, they've painted them, on their bikes. I've seen a few of those, sent to me through friends, where they've actually taken my 8x10 Tig photo and put it right on their bike. ↗

— Kim Coates

#anarchy #bike #bikes #few #friends

There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that there's always something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed, above some little something that Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's a bad sign...It's terrible. Psychologically it's crazy. Most people who are tattooed, it's the sign of some feeling of inferiority, they're trying to establish some macho identification for themselves. ↗

— Truman Capote

#tattooing #tattoos #experience

When I got home, I took a bat and examined my back in detail in the bathroom mirror. This tattoo would be for myself and no-one else. It wasn’t just because I was about to end my relationship with Iro, it was because I wanted to make some serious changes deep down inside me… My torso - my back and front – and my shoulders, breasts, and upper arms were decorated with a vibrantly coloured work of art. I knew it had been the right thing to do… When I looked at that beautifully crafted tattoo, I was filled with a sense of total contentment I had never experienced before. I felt as though I had been set free. ↗

— Shoko Tendo

#self-care #self-fulfilment #tattoo #yakuza #art

I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#full-time #horrible #i #i think #like

He whirled in the water and grinned at me. Damn, he was a handsome bastard. I realized he was half-naked. Blue swirls of tattoos painted his chest. When God made that chest, he did to tempt women. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#chest #kate #tattoos #temptation #temptation

I got a tattoo saying, 'Freedom From Fear' because of 'Black Water Transit.' ↗

— Brittany Snow

#black #fear #freedom #freedom from #got

I'm a tearless clown. If I were to get a tattoo, it would be the two masks, and they would be both smiling. ↗

— Andy Samberg

#clown #get #i #masks #smiling