“And is not all of life material- based on the material- permeated by the material? Should not one learn, gladly, to utilize the beauty of the fine material? I do not speak of the gross crudities of soporific television, of loud brash convertibles and vulgar display- but rather of grace and line and refinement- and there are wonderful and exciting things that only money can buy, such as theater tickets, books, paintings, travel, lovely clothes- and why deny them when one can have them? The only problem is to work, to stay awake mentally and physically, and NEVER become mentally, physically, spiritually flabby or over complacent!” BeautyFashionAestheticsClassicsPurist Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953