"the 'plain style' prescribed to us… is doubly metaphoric, because 'style' means, etymologically, a pointed instrument, and 'plain' is akin to a flat [surface], smooth, without cracks."
~ Jorge Luis Borges
A Profession of Literary Faith
"the 'plain style' prescribed to us… is doubly metaphoric, because 'style' means, etymologically, a pointed instrument, and 'plain' is akin to a flat [surface], smooth, without cracks."
~ Jorge Luis Borges
A Profession of Literary Faith