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Feb. 10th, 2006 11:15 pmstyle is a cheap thing, style is something anyone can afford. covering up shallowness is the main function of style, it has other uses, but that shouldn't fool you. people adore style, if people want to fuck you, they nearly always want to fuck you for your good style. style is a thing to spurn, or, better, to use as jewellery, with irony and detachment. but just spurn is good enough. there will always be good artists dying in poverty, because nobody cares for depth, but everybody looks for an easily recognizable style. people are lazy, and people love beautiful things, and beauty will save the world, n'est pas