I think aesthetics is (viewed as) second to content.

It's one of those situations that's a balancing test. We have technology on one hand and aesthetics on the other. Everyone wants [cell phone] coverage. But where do you draw the line? At what point do we sacrifice aesthetics for progress?

So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics?

Aesthetics happen.

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in all forms, whether we like it or not.

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true vision. There was meaning in the world, yes, and laws, and inevitability, but they had only to do with the aesthetic and in this Savage Garden, these innocent ones belonged in the vampire's arms. A thousand other things can be said about the world, but only aesthetic principles can be verified, and these things alone remain the same.