style
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.”
“The sound must seem an echo to the sense.”
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”
“Pay your sacrifice to the Graces—and to clarity first among the Graces.”
“Avoid excess: art's true maxim.”
“Order and arrangement are duties we owe to those who honor us with their attention.”
“Style is not—can never be—extraneous Ornament.”
“A great part of eloquence consists in saying things well and in a proper manner.”
“The perfection of art is to conceal art.”
“It is better to be brief than tedious.”
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”
“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.”