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“Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the taste of the day, contain truths and beauty deeper than the opinions and tastes of the day.”

Humans Opinion Human Nature Taste Endure Deeper Appeals Permanent Truth And Beauty

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

“The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life. Relatively few are free enough from the spell of the daily routine to respond to rappings from outside, and tales of ordinary feelings and events, or of common sentimental distortions of such feelings and events, will always take first place in the taste of the majority; rightly, perhaps, since of course these ordinary matters make up the greater part of human experience.”

Source: H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)

“Public taste changes and the aesthetic of a culture changes over time, so the idea isn't to appeal to the aesthetic of the moment and what people will like right now; the idea is to somehow keep yourself in the public memory so that as taste evolves it will eventually come to embrace your thing. So, it's about writing to be remembered rather than writing to be liked.”

People Writing Ideas Moments Culture Memories Taste Right Now Embrace Appeals Evolve Remembered Aesthetic Culture Change Changes Over Time

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.” That’s certainly true of me. Over my lifetime, the Republican Party has done far more to repulse me than the Democratic Party has done to appeal to me. But the result in the voting booth would be about the same either way.”

Ifs Way Want May Done Would Be Certain Results Party Republican Taste Vote Democratic Lifetime Appeals Candidates Voting Republican Party Democratic Party Robert Heinlein

Author:Kevin Drum

“God can be addressed by any name that taste sweet to your tongue or pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe.”

Form Names Wonder Sweet Taste Tongue Appeals Awe Sense Of Wonder

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself anylonger for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall bethe happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that youshould. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust thatwhat is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moonwhatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints. If you are noble, Iwill love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself byhypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truthwith me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own.”

Ifs Heart Stills Hurt My Own Attention Break Sun Love You Holy Taste Deserve Noble Appeals Companion Customs Rejoice Aversion

Book:The Portable Emerson: New Edition

Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition

“Does the unmistakeable intent of Versailles to proclaim dominion over nature destroy its aesthetic appeal, as Schopenhauer thought? Does the greenness of the lawn lose its allure when we learn how much water, sorely needed elsewhere, it uses? And historical shifts in garden taste - from formal, 'French' gardens to 'Capability' Brown's landscapes, for instance, or from the elaborate gardens of imperial Kyoto to Zen 'dry' gardens - register important changes in philosophical or religious attitudes.”