Quotes About Style

My mother taught us that ambition is part of femininity and really taught us to have substance but also style.

In the South, we assume that one will have substance, be polite, be kind, be nice, but that person also needs to present himself/herself to the world with an individual unique well-developed style that identifies them as special.

The fact I have an education forms my lyrical style, I'm sure. I studied the social sciences, history, stuff like that. I have an interest in politics, which maybe works its way into the songs in small, subtle ways.

It's not a good idea to match your shoes with a bag too stringently. Go for subtle similarity.

I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my style of acting when it comes to dramatic roles.

You can learn the subtle language of interior style, but many people simply buy it. If you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, you can be confident it will look good.

Like the French, Koreans aim for a subtle and effortless look - while actually paying a lot of attention to the details.

If you ask me about my chosen colour palette for the clothes I wear myself, I'm usually one for more neutral, subtle shades.

There's no need to go the full hog - a touch of subtle sequins will lift any outfit.

I like garish things: I like the 1970s and 1960s, and country music - that big-hair look. I don't go for nudes or beiges. My hair's naturally black - I bleach it. I don't go for subtleties.

I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper. Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them.

I think there's the apparent lack of subtlety and sort of make-believe anti-sensibility connected with American art. I think this is a style, and it does relate to our culture, and I think it would be anachronistic maybe to pretend to be involved with subtle changes and modulations and things like that, because it's really not part of America.

I went through different looks. At one period, I was preppy because that's how I grew up. But then I had bleached hair in the front. And I used to wear - then I wanted to be a beatnik. It was hard to be a beatnik in suburban Baltimore. But I wanted to be one.

The suburban dad is the worst dressed subset in America, which is especially disheartening when you consider the country club's many great style icons.

What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

It doesn't take money to have style, it just takes a really good eye. Sometimes you can find amazing culinary antiques that will make it feel like an old French kitchen.

You don't do design. Design does you

Chic rarely bothers to leave the Rue De Faubourg Saint-Honore.

The spirit of Mayfair beats in the soul of dandies and dandizettes everywhere.

Goodness great-shoes! A literal bloodbath, dahling?

One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style.

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.