“Styles change, style doesn't.”

—  Susan Sontag

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't. - Linda Ellerbee, Move On: Adventures in the Real World (1991), p. 35 G.P. Putnam's Sons ISBN 0399136231
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American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist 1933–2004

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