“There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for they can no more improve their taste by so doing than they could improve their appetite or digestion by studying a cookery-book.” IfsBookStudyAdviceReaderTasteAppetiteEssaysDigestionCookeryCookery Books Book:The Doctor, Etc Source: The Doctor, Etc
“You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and it is produced by a prevalent and eager national taste, or desire for beauty.” PeopleCharacterDesireAdviceExpressionTasteAskingArchitectureOccasions Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“If a person asked my advice, before undertaking a long voyage, my answer would depend upon his possessing a decided taste for some branch of knowledge, which could by this means be advanced. No doubt it is a high satisfaction to behold various countries and the many races of mankind, but the pleasures gained at the time do not counterbalance the evils.” IfsMeanPersonsLongCountryEvilAnswersPleasureRaceDoubtAdviceMankindDependsTasteDecidedSatisfactionVariousBranchesNo DoubtVoyagesPossessingUndertakings Book:The Voyage of the Beagle Source: The Voyage of the Beagle
“I like the notion of guiding, because I can offer advice through my own experiences, tastes and beliefs. But it's all in that individual's hands.” I CanHandsIndividualBeliefMy OwnAdviceTasteOffersNotionBecause I Can Author:Erol Alkan
“My advice for aspiring writers is threefold.First, read as much as possible, both within and outside the genre you arem working in. By reading you hone your internal ear for style. Second, write. Everything comes down to it; unless you write, you are not a writer. Third, submit your work. But - stop chasing every seductive new market out there, and stop trying to write for the tastes of specific established professional markets and editors. That way lies mediocrity and eventual dissolution of your true voice, no matter how embryonic or pronounced it may be now.” WayWritingTryingFirstsMayMatterLyingReadingVoiceAdviceStyleTasteEarsThirdsGenreInternalsEditorsMediocritySubmitChasingSeductiveStop TryingDissolutionAspiring Writers Author:Vera Nazarian