Quotes About Refinement

There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

You'll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

To become balanced, meditate on the heart center in the center of the chest. There you will experience happiness, refinement, sensitivity, beauty, laughter.

The more perfectly you can refine the process of Frisbee, the tighter your energy is and the more you become one with the nothingness of the Frisbee, the nothingness of the play.

Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.

Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

My mother was a very elegant woman. When a flying saucer landed on the lawn, she turned it over to see if it was Wedgwood.

Writing is like making love, editing is like giving your great grandfather a sponge bath.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade.

I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit

To refine, to clarify, to intensify that eternal moment in which we alone live there is but a single force the imagination.

The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.

Perfection is not a destination; it's a never-ending process...Enjoy!

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?