Fabric Quotes

From literal cloth to the social threads that bind a society.

A fashion voice calls fabric the literal foundation of any collection, while a political commentator uses the same word for something far less tangible — the oppressive but inseparable bond between a state and its citizens. Related in Material.


A poet even compares sentence rhythm to the pull of gravity on cloth, tying craft and physics together in one image. For wordplay on related terms, see Fabricate or Fabrication.