Style Quotes

Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church.

~ Eugene Kennedy

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

~ Coco Chanel

I've teamed up with BaubleBar to curate a collection of gorgeous jewelry pieces. I worked closely with the BaubleBar team to design a collection that encompasses my style and all of my go to pieces.

~ Ashley Madekwe

I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

~ Stefan Sagmeister

You find a story - or more importantly, you find some characters - that you want to be around as a filmmaker. The style and how we're going to shoot it and how we're going to design it and how it's all going to feel and look depends on that story. They tell me how I should shoot it.

~ Morten Tyldum

My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.

~ Venus Williams

Although people often equate them, glamour is not the same as beauty, stylishness, luxury, celebrity, or sex appeal. It is not limited to fashion or film; nor is it intrinsically feminine. It is not a collection of aesthetic markers - a style, as fashion and design use the word.

~ Virginia Postrel

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.

~ Maria Sharapova

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

~ Chad Hurley

When you buy things that are expensive, like a sofa or something that really feels like an investment, you need to keep it as plain as possible, as simple as possible. Make sure that it's a clean design that will work with whatever style you want it to.

~ Nate Berkus

There is an interior style we intellectuals and design policy wonks know as Haut Euro Pooftastic, which really takes the biscuit.

~ Peter York

I was lucky enough to create my own dress, deciding on every single design detail. But, even if you don't have a custom dress, you can still create a signature wedding-day look with personalization - a belt, altering the sleeves, etc. But, when creating your bridal style, the most important thing to remember is to make it feel like you.

~ Margherita Missoni

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

~ Michael Graves

I am extremely excited to develop and design a brand representative of my life, experiences and style. Working closely with Cherokee will help establish a worldwide presence with best-in-class retailers and category leaders.

~ Alessandra Ambrosio

My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.

~ Kate Moss

I think there are very few people who have a real style, a real personality, and real beauty.

~ Marisa Berenson

Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style.

~ Bobbi Brown

There's a difference between being a comic and a comedian. A comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian is a guy who says things funny, and he has a style and point of view that will last much longer.

~ Milton Berle

I'm just really impressed by oil paintings - I don't see how people do it! That's the style I like: classic oil paintings. Abstract art just isn't my thing.

~ Brittany Howard

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.

~ Dean Wareham

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.

~ Jane Campion

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

~ Robin Williams

My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.

~ Robin Williams

Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.

~ Jaron Lanier

Having a mom as a hairdresser was really awesome: I was always her test dummy. I've had every style, every color you could imagine.

~ Alessia Cara

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

~ Caroline Kennedy

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

~ George Washington Carver

Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

~ Daymond John

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

~ Philip Green

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

~ Alan K. Simpson

I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin of the car being public enemy No.1.

~ Norman Foster

Growing up in Southern California, it's all car culture. When I was a kid, I knew every single model of every single car dealer; I knew every style of every year.

~ Cheech Marin

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.

~ Buddy Guy

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

~ Victor Hugo

I like to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style.

~ Jesse Mccartney

'Chef' is a dish of arroz con pollo served with a smile but not much style. The critic in the film would give it a low grade, for agreeability without ambition.

~ Richard Corliss

So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning.

~ Jo Brand

My personal decorating style is cozy, romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.

~ Kimberly Schlapman

I've always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes.

~ Florence Welch

You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.

~ Harold Prince