The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. - H. L. Mencken - Quotesmemo.com

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If the height of the heel is the same as the length of your foot, it starts to look wrong. And if the heel is positioned badly on the sole, you get into ballerina territory, where the body is pushed into a very strange posture. You can exaggerate the arch only so much.

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H. L. Mencken

The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.

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If the height of the heel is the same as the length of your foot, it starts to look wrong. And if the heel is positioned badly on the sole, you get into ballerina territory, where the body is pushed into a very strange posture. You can exaggerate the arch only so much.

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