Style Quotes

3044 Style quotes by 2144 unique authors

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule… — Elsie de Wolfe
Style, I've got no style. — Anatoly Karpov
In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master. — Vasily Smyslov
So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they… — Pat Oliphant
Mr. William Shakespeare was born at Stratford upon Avon in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore… — John Aubrey
Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
The question of surrender is political, it is not a question of love. And relationship is not love at all; it means love has ended… — Rajneesh
The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden… — Quentin Crisp
Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same. — Oscar Wilde
They should put expiration dates on clothing so we men will know when they go out of style. — Garry Shandling
...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes.'… — Price Pritchett
His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language. — Oscar Wilde
He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise. — Paul Klee
Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed. — Joshua Reynolds
I'm not jealous in traditional ways - of boyfriends or babies or bank accounts - but I do covet other women's styles of being. — Lena Dunham
A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed. — Witold Gombrowicz
To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one… — Witold Gombrowicz
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I… — Alexander Lukashenko
A full, rich drawing style is a drawback. — Bill Griffith
No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star image no to… — Unknown Author
To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence, two percent style, and 90 percent gall and egomania in… — Judith Crist
Style is about surviving, about having been through a lot and making it look easy. — C. Z. Guest
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. — William Strunk, Jr.
I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical… — George Crumb
Ive never really tried to copy anyone, I like to have my own style. — Liam Aiken

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