Mani Ratnam Quotes

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

Style without content is bad style.

Style matters, but the real force of writing is ideas, not style.

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

Style is just an impression. Style itself is hollow. Style, its ok style as long as it is part of a language. Style for style itself is just something very hollow.

Lettering should be invisible. You shouldn't notice it, unless it is a determined piece of storytelling in graphic design. Whether handmade or digital, the lettering should be easy on the eye and well placed. It should help tell the story and do nothing to get in the way of it.

Content dictates form and style.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.

Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.

The only thing you have to know are your words.

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look?

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

Good writing is everything.

The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.

For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.