Robert Benton Quotes

Style is something you either have or don't have.

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

Ironically, style doesn't come even closely related to fashion. It's got nothing to do [with clothes].

London style is individual.

No one is a plain white room. I hate going into a home that is done to the nines but has nothing do with the homeowner - no knickknacks, no art that has anything to say about the person who lives there.

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

For me, music and life are all about style.

For me, fashion is not about reality.

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.

Style is primarily a matter of instinct.

I do a lot of things for effect, which is not to say I am superficial, but that I know how to put ideas across.

Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I wasn't being unique. Even now, I won't wear the skinny-jeans style, because most people wear those - they have to be baggier, boyfriend-looking, or sort of like a mom jean. I'm real funny that way.

To me, style is consistency.

It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.

Fashion is OK for five days, one minute, six months, but style is for the rest of the life.

Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

I am not a person that is particularly tethered to fashion, which I think is obvious to anyone who's seen me.

One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you wanted.

Fashion and style are a language - they helps us communicate with each other in a creative way. Style is one of the most important methods of self-expression.

A vest, as a clothing item, always makes a statement, but depending on context, those declarations vary a great deal.

The way you dress is an expression of your personality.

I like people who have their own quirky style. I'm not really attracted to typically good looking men.

Style is objective, akin to art, so it varies.