> “It would be more to the point to reverse the metaphor. The matter, the subject, is on the outside; the style is on the inside.” - Susan Sontag from On Style
> “Style emerges from the relationship between the creator's intention and the structural constraints and opportunities of their position. The unity of style is found in the unity of a relationship to the world.” - Pierre Bourdieu
> "Style emerges when expressive means and expressed content achieve a unique consistency.” - Gilles Deleuze
> "Style emerges when process and product achieve consistency. Only producer can measure consistency” - Angie Moon
Style is the answer to everything.
A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it
To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art
Bullfighting can be an art
Boxing can be an art
Loving can be an art
Opening a can of sardines can be an art
Not many have style
Not many can keep style
I have seen dogs with more style than men,
although not many dogs have style.
Cats have it with abundance.
When Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun,
that was style.
Or sometimes people give you style
Joan of Arc had style
John the Baptist
Jesus
Socrates
Caesar
GarcĂa Lorca.
I have met men in jail with style.
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail.
Style is the difference, a way of doing, a way of being done.
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water,
or you, naked, walking out of the bathroom without seeing me.
- Charles Bukowski A drunkard and a degenerate and a damn good poet according to [[ocean_jangda]]