Katherine Anne Porter Quotes About Style

• You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

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  Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Givner (1987). “Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations”, p.93, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I've been called a stylist until I really could tear my hair out. And I simply don't believe in style. The style is you.

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  Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Givner (1987). “Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations”, p.92, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• There has been a marvelous joyous carnival of mourning for Edith Piaf and Jean Coctaeau, and it was real! They died as they had lived, with style and grace and their proper eccentricity; and Paris loves anybody who can live anarchically and be delightful entertainment at the same time. So do I.

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• A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

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  Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Givner (1987). “Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations”, p.93, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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