The Philosophy of Momus

Beauty is just the first glimpse of
 a terror we're just about able to bear
 Fashion is just the return of the clothes we're no longer able to wear
 Fast food's too slow, slow food's too fast
 In the next world the first will be first and the last will be last
 The first will be first and the last will be last
 Those who say no-one is better than
 anyone think that they're better for saying it
 The best way to make proper use of your
 time's to sit perfectly still and ignore it
 Popular culture's designed by a highly-trained popular culture elite
 A digital city's more easily changed than a city of concrete
 A city more easily changed than a city of concrete
 Call me a schizoid, I sometimes feel this era belongs only to me
 Place matters less as we choose where to live and who to be
 The basic inventiveness that got us into this mess gets us out again
 Often inadequate lovers turn into invaluable friends
 Inadequate lovers turn into invaluable friends
 The only real tyranny comes on
 behalf of the ones we have chosen to love
 Being creative is close to being
 evil, being good's just not good enough
 Every good man has a bad man inside, someone making it all possible
 The only good drug is a smart drug,
 there's no good death, there's no clean kill
 There's no good death, there's no clean kill
 Guilt is the engine of civilisation, guilt that is built on desire
 One day I'll write a book about looking championing the voyeur
 Playfulness must be encouraged
 uncritically, children are still far ahead
 Stop trying to cut off your feet so
 you fit your bed, make it longer instead