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    The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or
    addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties
    are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but
    the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon,
    or a didactic work.
    - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),

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Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

by Robert Frost Found in: Style Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Style Quotes,
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When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good
imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," read more

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."

by Matthew Prior Found in: Style Quotes,
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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.

by Federico Fellini Found in: Style Quotes,
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Neat, not gaudy.

Neat, not gaudy.

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Style Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Eric Van Lustbader Found in: Style Quotes,
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

by Jean Cocteau Found in: Style Quotes,
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