In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.
Susan SontagOurs is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of modern life - its material plenitude, its sheer crowdedness - conjoin to dull our sensory faculties
Susan Sontag