What’s the difference between genre and style? Style is the unstable essence and artist brings to a genre - what ensures that no two Crucifictions, say, look the same. Oscar Wilde said that style is what “makes us believe in a thing.”…A fresh style breathes life into any genre.
How to be an Artist, Jerry Saltz #5, Zettel 154
Oscar Wilde said, “the moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.” Imagination is your creed, sentimentality and lack of feeling are your foes.