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Style Quotes by Martin Amis
- Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
- Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
- All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.
- Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my…
- It's not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don't take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it…
- What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive…
- Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.
More Style Quotes
- I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's… — Fred Astaire
- One man's style must not be the rule of another's. — Jane Austen
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida
- As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you… — Erykah Badu
- There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances,… — Christian Bale
- I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in… — Tyra Banks
- I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I… — Travis Barker
- Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali