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“Very little comes easily to our poor, benighted species (the first creature, after all, to experiment with the novel evolutionary inventions of self-conscious philosophy and art). Even the most "obvious," "accurate," and "natural" style of thinking or drawing must be regulated by history and won by struggle. Solutions must therefore arise within a social context and record the complex interactions of mind and environment that define the possibility of human improvement.”

Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

“Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.”

Needs Littles Matter Philosophy Remember Faces Practice Minutes Style Red Series Instinct Conviction Pregnant Apologizing Convenience Adjustment Outrage Reflexes Parenting Styles

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.”

People Writing Kind Philosophy Character Use Body Song Stars Influence Rocks Style Shapes Lifestyle All Kinds Devices Rock Star Influencing People

Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview

Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview

“I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.”

Thinking Way Philosophy Able Simple Powerful Style Design Taste Approach Clothes Ultimate Simplicity Sophistication Less Is More

Author:G-Eazy

“Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a good understanding of style.”

Doe Philosophy Language Understanding Style Punctuation Good Understanding

Author:George Sand

“I think personal style starts from within because it´s a philosophy and an attitude. If you´re honest and true to yourself, you will have the best sense of personal style.”

Ifs Thinking Philosophy Attitude Honest Style True To Yourself Personal Style

Author:Stella McCartney

“But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.”

Philosophy Courses Style

Author:Gertrude Stein

“I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.”

Feels Enough Philosophy Style Masters Crafts Dogma

Author:Xavier Dolan

“There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.”

Ifs Want Trying Looks Matter Philosophy Can Do Common One Thing Style Like You Who You Are Passionate

Author:Isaac Mizrahi

“My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.”

Philosophy Style Comfortable

Author:Cheyenne Kimball

“You can't will something into being. If you follow that philosophy all the way, to will something into being, that's animal style. That's what man does. But if you're looking at the philosophy correctly, and I never did - I like to think I did sometimes - you have to do it without ego, without the I. You have to separate yourself.”

Ifs Thinking Men Way Doe Sometimes Philosophy Animal Style Ego

Author:Zack Snyder

“There's something about the style of living in the country that they feel, "This is what represents me." So style is about the philosophy of how we create our civilization.”

Feels Country Philosophy Style Civilization Living In The Country

Author:David Bowie

“I intend Deaths in Venice to contribute both to literary criticism and to philosophy. But it's not "strict philosophy" in the sense of arguing for specific theses. As I remark, there's a style of philosophy - present in writers from Plato to Rawls - that invites readers to consider a certain class of phenomena in a new way. In the book, I associate this, in particular, with my good friend, the eminent philosopher of science, Nancy Cartwright, who practices it extremely skilfully.”

“If the intuition-mongering were abandoned, would that be the end of philosophy? It would be the end of a certain style of philosophy - a style that has cut philosophy off, not only from the humanities but from every other branch of inquiry and culture.”

Ifs Ends Philosophy Would Be Certain Humanity Culture Cutting Style Intuition Branches Abandoned Inquiry

Author:Philip Kitcher