143. Pulp without solidity absorbs, and relentless tension tears character.
144. In following too closely a model, there is danger in mistaking the individual for Nature herself; in relying only on the schools, the deviation into manner seems inevitable: what then remains, but to transpose yourself into your subject?
145. Style is the selection of forms and groups and tones to suit a subject.
Coroll.—The Italian Style Grandioso, the French Il y a du style, the English great style and breadth, when applied to a performance, only mean, that the artist followed those who have enlarged the principles of imitation and execution.
146. Style pervades the object; manner floats on the surface.