What determines if an icon is considered as "timeless" or "classic"? The only definition I find remotely close is if the thing never goes out of fashion, that year after year, generation after generation still uses it, still looks up to it. Perhaps if something has truly survived generations, that really is timeless and classic indeed.
Just like watches. The Omega is considered timeless and classic. So is the Tag Heuer. They have been in existence for more than a hundred years, yet people still love them, still want to buy and wear them. They never seem to go out of style.
What about writing? Shakespeare is timeless and classic indeed. His books have survived for about five hundred years. Chaucer as well, considering his writings have survived for about seven hundred years now. The more "modern" writers like the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, their books have all survived up till now and still surviving. People still read them, because their writing is just so beautiful, and their stories are just so captivating.
There are many other examples of timeless and classical icons. Just like art pieces, those by Monet and Picasso. Movies like "Gone With The Wind" and "Casablanca". The Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals. Mickey Mouse, Speedy Gonzales and Tom and Jerry. Even movie stars like Audrey Hepburn. And Mother Teresa.
Why, then, are certain things timeless and classic and others just fade into oblivion after a while? I really have no idea. I am still trying to figure that out. Why do some continue living on long after they have been gone? Is it the way they write, or paint, or look? Or is it because they achieved a breakthrough during their eras? Perhaps it is because they became so famous that people continued remembering them or promoting and recommending them long after they have gone. It really takes something to remain as a legacy.
Just like watches. The Omega is considered timeless and classic. So is the Tag Heuer. They have been in existence for more than a hundred years, yet people still love them, still want to buy and wear them. They never seem to go out of style.
What about writing? Shakespeare is timeless and classic indeed. His books have survived for about five hundred years. Chaucer as well, considering his writings have survived for about seven hundred years now. The more "modern" writers like the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, their books have all survived up till now and still surviving. People still read them, because their writing is just so beautiful, and their stories are just so captivating.
There are many other examples of timeless and classical icons. Just like art pieces, those by Monet and Picasso. Movies like "Gone With The Wind" and "Casablanca". The Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals. Mickey Mouse, Speedy Gonzales and Tom and Jerry. Even movie stars like Audrey Hepburn. And Mother Teresa.
Why, then, are certain things timeless and classic and others just fade into oblivion after a while? I really have no idea. I am still trying to figure that out. Why do some continue living on long after they have been gone? Is it the way they write, or paint, or look? Or is it because they achieved a breakthrough during their eras? Perhaps it is because they became so famous that people continued remembering them or promoting and recommending them long after they have gone. It really takes something to remain as a legacy.
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