George Bernard Shaw Style Quotations

It was from Handel that I learned that style consists in force of assertion.

He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him

Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.

Effectiveness of assertion is the alpha and omega of style.

Style is effectiveness of assertion.

If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative litt