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Daily Inspiration Quote by Ursula Andress

"When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something"

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Ursula Andress isn’t describing a vacation itinerary so much as a way of moving through the world: not as a spectator, but as a hunter. The line is disarmingly plain, yet it quietly recasts travel from bucket-list consumption into tactile curiosity. Flea markets and antique stores are where a country’s real biography sits in the open - scuffed, mismatched, priced to move. By choosing those spaces, Andress signals an appetite for the uncurated: objects that carry fingerprints, not branding.

The subtext is also about control. For an actress who became an icon early (and often had her image treated as a collectible), “always looking for something” flips the gaze. She isn’t the object on display; she’s the one searching, selecting, appraising. Shopping becomes a form of authorship: assembling a private archive that resists the flatness of celebrity mythology. The “something” stays vague on purpose, making the pursuit itself the point. It’s a personality tell - restless, discerning, slightly secretive.

Context matters: Andress emerged in a mid-century film culture obsessed with glamour and polish. Flea markets are the anti-glamour spaces, crowded with the detritus of ordinary lives. Her preference hints at a lived-in sophistication, the kind that knows the real luxury isn’t newness but story. She’s chasing texture - the small, stubborn proofs that a place has existed beyond postcards, beyond premieres, beyond her own legend.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Andress, Ursula. (2026, January 15). When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-go-to-a-country-i-go-to-flea-markets-150178/

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Andress, Ursula. "When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-go-to-a-country-i-go-to-flea-markets-150178/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-go-to-a-country-i-go-to-flea-markets-150178/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress (born March 19, 1936) is a Actress from Switzerland.

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