“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then it depends much more on execution for its effect.” MadeEffortPrinciplesDoubtEffectsStyleDependsGeniusArchitectureGreekNo DoubtInfinityExecutionGothicGothic Architecture Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several features of the Dublin style he would make it more homelike for any President of Irish descent. It was a long wait, but I appreciate his efforts.” LongHouseWaitingPresidentWhiteEffortDoubtStyleAppreciateFeaturesNo DoubtWhite HouseArchitectDescentDublinIncorporatingLong Wait Author:John F. Kennedy
“Chicago's downtown seems to me to constitute, all in all, the best-looking twentieth-century city, the city where contemporary technique has best been matched by artistry, intelligence, and comparatively moderated greed. No doubt about it, if style were the one gauge, Chicago would be among the greatest of all the cities of the world.” IfsWorldSeemsWould BeCitiesDoubtCenturyStyleGreedArchitectureTechniqueContemporaryNo DoubtChicagoTwentieth CenturyArtistryDowntownMatchedAll The BestGauges Book:Locations Source: Locations
“Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do - sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton's and Bernie's personal styles, no doubt about it.” WaySometimesSeemsDoubtStyleConflictCleverNo DoubtPretentiousPersonal Style Author:Jon Landau
“What the world wants, what the world is waiting for, is not Modern Poetry or Classical Poetry or Neo-Classical Poetry - but Good Poetry. And the dreadful disreputable doubt, which stirs in my own skeptical mind, is doubt about whether it would really matter much what style a poet chose to write in, in any period, as long as he wrote Good poetry.” WorldWantWritingMindLongMatterWaitingMy OwnDoubtModernStylePoetPeriodsSkepticalModern PoetryGood Poetry Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“For me, there's always an early-'70s sense. There's always a sprinkle of it - if I do it exactly like that, sometimes it becomes too costume-y or too thought out. But the influences are there, without a doubt, always, because to me, that was the part that I also felt was the most defining of my own personality and my own style, and I also think that it's timeless. You never look wrong.” IfsThinkingLooksSometimesFeltMy OwnDoubtInfluenceStylePersonalityTimelessCostumesDefiningSprinklesMy Own StyleMy Own Personality Author:Paul Weller