Style Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old style quotes, style sayings, and style proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself. Oscar de la Renta
Style is the principle of decision in a work of art. Susan Sontag
Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface. Victor Hugo
Style is not neutral. It gives moral directions. Martin Amis
Fashions fade, style is eternal. Yves Saint Laurent
People will stare. Make it worth their while. Harry Winston
Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Henry David Thoreau
Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better. Margaret Oliphant
A good style should show no sign of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. William Somerset Maugham
The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily - and perhaps most tellingly - described in terms of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit. Joseph A. Schumpeter
Style is a way in which great minds think. Frank Harris
Style is a man's own; it is a part of his nature. Comte de Buffon
Style may be defined, 'proper words in proper places.' Jonathan Swift
Simple style is like white light. It is complex but its complexity is not obvious. Anatole France
A man's style in any art should be like his dress — it should attract as little attention as possible. Samuel Butler
Find a subject you care about and which you feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
For me, style is essentially doing things well. If you want to be outrageous, be outrageous with style. If you want to be restrained, be restrained with style. One can't specifically define style. It's like the perfume to a flower. It's a quality you can't analyze. Françoise Gilot
To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear. Marc Jacobs
Once is a mistake. Twice is an idea. Three times is a style. Miles Davis
Comments on style should never be made by those who have none. Emma Alice Margaret Carew
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 style. 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. Charles Serking