To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar.
I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.
the smallest part is worthy of the whole.
It is not chic to be too chic.
Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.
I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint.