Style Quotes

• Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

  Jean Cocteau

  Fashion, Simple, Way

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• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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• Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.

  Rachel Zoe

  Inspiring, Fashion, Attitude

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• Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

  Orson Welles

  Fashion, Successful, Unique

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  Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Beauty, Fashion

  Epictetus (1758). “All the Works of Epictetus: Which are Now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.227

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• Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.

  Edna Woolman Chase

  Fashion, Appearance, Clothing Style

  Edna Woolman Chase, Ilka Chase (1954). “Always in Vogue”

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• Style is the perfection of a point of view.

  Richard Eberhart

  Fashion, Views, Clothes

  Richard Eberhart (1965). “Selected poems, 1930-1965”

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• Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Magic, Gold, Wands

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• Style is the image of character.

  Edward Gibbon

  Fashion, Character

  Edward Gibbon, John Holroyd Earl of Sheffield (1796). “Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings”, p.1

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• Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself.

  Nina Garcia

  Life Changing, Expression, Dresses

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• Fashions fade, style is eternal.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Fashion, Hair, Clothes

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• Only great minds can afford a simple style.

  Stendhal

  Fashion, Simple, Simplicity

  Stendhal (1967). “On Love”

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• Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.

  Gianni Versace

  Fashion, Being Yourself, Trends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Being Yourself, Memorable

  FaceBook post by Oscar de la Renta from Oct 11, 2010

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• Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.

  Margaret Oliphant

  Fashion, Being Yourself, Mind

  Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.2639, Delphi Classics

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• Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

  Gore Vidal

  Inspirational, Fashion, Hair

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Feb 28, 2011

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• Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Needs

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• Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates.

  Wallace Stevens

  Wallace Stevens (2011). “Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose”, p.351, Vintage

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• The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.

  Giorgio Armani

  Fashion, Simple, Essence

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• Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing

  Charles Bukowski

  Answers, Dull, Way

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• I believe that style is the only real luxury,that is really desirable

  Giorgio Armani

  Real, Believe, Luxury

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• Style is what gives value and currency to thoughts.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Giving, Currency, Values

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• Style is when they're running you out of town and you make it look like you're leading the parade.

  William Battie

  Running, Fashion, Looks

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• Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

  Walter J. Phillips

  Degrees, Development, Care

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• My goal is never to copy. Create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models.

  Tamara de Lempicka

  Color, Goal, Elegance

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