He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

~ Oscar Wilde

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

~ John Locke

Since we can never hope to understand why we're here, if there's even anything to understand, the individual should choose a goal and pursue it wholeheartedly, despite the certainty of death and the meaninglessness of action.

Martin Heidegger