Jeff Koons

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

American Artist

Hari Nef

I don't want to say that women who do use makeup or get breast implants or have fake nails are insecure. They're entitled to that, and they should do that if that's what they want to do. But for me, there are no answers. It's just a matter of preference and choice and fetish.

American Actress

Kevin Parker

I've spent a lot of my life forcing myself to do the right thing, and nowadays, I've just forgotten about all that. It's far more romantic just to let all your vices and fetishes come out and shine.

Australian Musician

Hilary Duff

I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again.

Neeti Mohan

Knee-length dresses are a fetish. They can be in different materials or lengths, but they work just right for me.

Indian Musician

Kyle Kinane

I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.

American Comedian

Michelle Branch

I have a pirate fetish - I just always thought eye patches were sexy.

American Musician

Brian Lamb

I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.

American Businessman

Torrie Wilson

If someone has a foot fetish, I'd have an in.

American Celebrity

Mason Cooley

American Writer

Often used informally to indicate a strong preference, not always a true 'fetish'.

Casual Usage

Can refer to non-sexual interests. It's about intensity of interest, not the nature of interest.

Not Always Sexual

Recognize that fetishes have cultural significance and can be sacred in certain societies.

Cultural Sensitivity

Religious fetishes aren't just objects; they hold deep spiritual meaning for believers.

Not Just Trinkets

Sexual fetishes can be private and sensitive topics, so use discretion when discussing them.

Taboo Topics

In psychology, 'fetish' is a clinical term and should be used with understanding of its medical implications.

Clinical Term

A fetish is considered 'abnormal' when it's necessary for sexual gratification and falls outside societal norms.

Boundary of Norms

 Historically speaking, the public appreciation of visual art in terms other than traditional, religious or social function is a relatively new concept. Today, we fetishize the fetish, so to speak. We go to museums to see art from the ages, but our experience of it there is drastically removed from the context

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 as people used to take in in a lifetime. And as you're thinking about this, there's four theories as to why this might be going on, plus a whole series of others. I don't have a good answer. There really needs to be more research on this. One option is the fast food fetish.

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 or people who have kinks or have fetishes. So I could see why, on the one hand, we might be very worried about the messages that pornography is sending, and on the other hand, why we might be really worried about going overboard indicting it. For the next two years,

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Fetish

A strong or unusual need or love for a particular thing.

Often appears as...

An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers.

Often appears as...

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In psychology, a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body.

Often appears as...

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Casual Usage

Not Always Sexual

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