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The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy
madness of poetry without the inspiration.
The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy
madness of poetry without the inspiration.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
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.
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal
traits in the author.
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal
traits in the author.
Style is the dress of thoughts.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Style is the dress of thoughts.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Style! style! why, all writers will tell you that it is the very
thing which can least of all read more
Style! style! why, all writers will tell you that it is the very
thing which can least of all be changed. A man's style is nearly
as much a part of him as his physiognomy, his figure, the
throbbing of this pulse,--in short, as any part of his being is
at least subjected to the action of the will.
I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it read more
I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it is we want to say, recall, regret, or rebel against. No, what's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is what unites memory or recollection, ideology, sentiment, nostalgia, presentiment, to the way we express all that. It's not what we say but how we say it that matters.
