Books Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Style is not the man; it is something better. It is a dizzy, dazzling structure that he erects about himself using as building materials…

— Quentin Crisp

“A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the…

— Ernest Hemingway

Style has always been in my mind the author's Self, the creative expression of that Self.

— Whit Burnett

“There is beauty in each word of a Book; as once it was just a mere thought in the authors head!”

— Mrudula G B

“In many ways an artistic nature unfits a man for a practical existence.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“I am in general susceptible to style.”

— Barbara Trapido

“In every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.”

— Voltaire

“Style is a matter of taste, design a matter of principles.”

— Thomas Church

It is in writing of the emotions that style becomes most individual, in moments of passion, betrayal, of life and death.

— Hallie Burnett

“Anyone can have original style,” he countered. “And yet no one truly does. We’re influenced by those who came before us, beginning with the…

— Amy Tan

“Sometimes a writer is inspired by the moment, more often they are prepared.”

— Loron-Jon Stokes

“Style is a sort of melody that comes into my sentences by itself. If a writer says what he has to say as accurately…

— George Bernard Shaw