Style Quotes - page 8

There was a Socratic style of life (which the Cynics were to imitate), and the Socratic dialogue was an exercise which brought Socrates' interlocutor to put himself in question, to take care of himself, and to make his soul as beautiful and wise as possible. (Pierre Hadot)
Underneath all his writing there is the settled determination to use certain words, to take certain attitudes, to produce a certain atmosphere; what he is seeing or thinking or feeling has hardly any influence on the way he writes. The reader can reply, ironically, "That's what it means to have a style"; but few people have so much of one, or one so obdurate that you can say of it, "It is a style that no subject can change." View quote
Randall Jarrell
The idea of the paranoid style as a force in politics would have little contemporary relevance or historical value if it were applied only to men with profoundly disturbed minds. It is the use of paranoid modes of expression by more or less normal people that makes the phenomenon significant. View quote
Richard Hofstadter
Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it! View quote
Michael Morpurgo
When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for a kiss. Nothing like that. You can love Rudy for that, if you like. View quote
Markus Zusak
A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists. View quote
Matt Cameron
If you look back in history of the women who are most memorable and most stylish, they were never the followers of fashion. They were the ones who were unique in their style, breakers of the rules. They were authentic, genuine, original. They were not following the trends. View quote
Nina Garcia
Style is about fun. True style is not about having a closet full of expensive and beautiful things - it is instead about knowing when, where, and how to utilize your collection. View quote
Nina Garcia
Like most people, I've grown a lot more sophisticated in my style choices. I know myself and what suits me better now than I did when I was much younger and feel more comfortable in my own skin. View quote
Nina Garcia
I still feel that style is important for reading pleasure, and sex is important for pleasure in life. Each appeases a different type of desire. And while I find nothing shameful in taking direct erotic pleasure from reading or writing, I don't think they entail a necessary relation. The processes you have me describing are contingent psychological processes. Neither marks one end nor the other of any necessary or even philosophical relationship... View quote
Samuel R. Delany
I sometimes laugh at the fact that people say I have good style. (Suki Waterhouse)
I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works. View quote
Toyo Ito
The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style. View quote
Frank Auerbach
Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis. View quote
Frank Auerbach
I am thrilled FLIRT! tapped into me to be their new Style Ambassador. I love FLIRT! products because they help me express my own personal style - especially when I want to stand out on set or in the crowd. What could be more fun than getting to play with makeup and fragrance and tell people all about it! View quote
Heather Morris
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. View quote
Herbie Hancock
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world. View quote
Charles Frazier
So, what's your style preference? (Grace) For what I have in mind, nudity works best. (Julian) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business. View quote
Eartha Kitt
I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories. View quote
Ben Mezrich
To me, style is consistency. (Adam Ant)
A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition. View quote
Vasily Smyslov
I am against the notion of style in itself. View quote
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I don't have any style. View quote
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Many billboards and magazine ads have resorted to showing isolated body parts rather than full-body portraits of models using or wearing products. This style of photography, known in the industry as abstract representation, allows the viewer to see himself in the advertisement, rather than the model. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff