The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.
Charles JencksA sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.
Charles JencksYou know, Darwin said through natural selection things go gradually, and he was talking about pigeon's evolution or horses evolving, getting faster. But in fact if you look at evolution on a bigger scale, cosmic evolution and you look at culture evolution you see it jumps, it goes through phase changes, and that's very exciting.
Charles JencksBeautiful people are always with us, as evolutionary psychologists and a trip to the news-stand confirm.
Charles Jencks