When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good
imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said he, "it is not a
good imitation of Johnson; it has all his pomp without his force;
it has all the nodosities of the oak, without its strength; it
has all the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration."
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things
Style is the perfection of a point of view
Style is the perfection of a point of view
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,
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.
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 do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.
I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.
