Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.
All Camp objects, and persons, contain a large element of artifice. Nothing in nature can be campy . . .
Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style -- but a particular kind of style. It is the love of the exaggerated, the "off," of things-being-what-they-are-not. （camp 是就是以某种风格来看/对待这个世界--而且是以某种相当特别的风格。是一种对夸张的热爱，对偏离的热爱，是一种不是对事物本身而恰恰是事物之外的热爱）
18. One must distinguish between naive and deliberate Camp. Pure Camp is always naive. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ("camping") is usually less satisfying.
20. Probably, intending to be campy is always harmful. The perfection.... comes from the effortless smooth way in which tone is maintained.
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