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Obscurity is the realm of error.
[Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.]
Obscurity is the realm of error.
[Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.]
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
For style beyond the genius never dares.
[Fr., Che stilo oltra l'ingegno non si stende.]
For style beyond the genius never dares.
[Fr., Che stilo oltra l'ingegno non si stende.]
Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward
Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward
Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style.
Amaze th' learn'd, and make the learned smile.
Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style.
Amaze th' learn'd, and make the learned smile.
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit read more
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd.
And, after all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge
of a great work, for an author read more
And, after all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge
of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but
his style.