Mark Willes may hate straddling a wall down the middle of his office, but his assault upon it produced a timely affirmation of its enduring value.
Yet, far from being a condemnation of contemporary art, this habit cleaners have of mistaking it for rubbish is proof of its enduring vitality, or at least, indestructible novelty.
It is also, of course, one source of its enduring success.
The book is many things, but at root it is a religious work, and much of its enduring power comes from the way Roth harnesses the Biblical to the contemporary.
For John Stauffer, professor of English and African and African-American studies, the ambiguity of the speech — Lincoln did not explicitly mention slavery or emancipation — was a reflection of the moment in which it was given, as well as a cause of its enduring popularity in the North and, perhaps more surprisingly, in the former Confederate states.
While the government recognises the severity of the event, it has only begun to allow a public discussion of its enduring trauma.
What is the secret of its enduring appeal?
The death this month of A. B. C. Whipple was a reminder of its enduring importance.
So much for the novelties of Val Thorens; what of its enduring virtues?
This, as much as the book's subtleties is, of course, a part of its enduring appeal.
The open-endedness of the twice-told tale is, after all, is one of its enduring pleasures.
