"What was venerated as style was nothing more……" — Orhan Pamuk

"What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand."

— Orhan Pamuk

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156 Quotes by Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk has 156 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver.
If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like…
Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that…
Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is…
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must,…
Mankind's greatest error, the biggest deception of the past thousand years is this: to confuse poverty with stupidity.
To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book:…
Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace…
Yet does illustrating in a new way signify a new way of seeing?
I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value…
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.

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More Flaw Quotes

This quote is filed under Flaw Quotes, one of 216 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point.… — William J. H. Boetcker
I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real… — Steve Carell
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. — Lord Chesterfield
I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7. — Madonna Ciccone
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an… — Martin Amis
You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. — Diane Arbus
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. — Martial
Mr. Agnew, I believe you have a slight swing in your flaw. — Jimmy Demaret
Countless women are alive today because of ideas stimulated by a design flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats… — Terry Pratchett
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he… — Henry Ward Beecher
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an… — Charles Darwin

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