As many more individuals of each species (read: art form) are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being (read: concept, aesthetic), if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected (read: adaptation, complexity = win). From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form (read: artistic innovation prevails perpetually).
Charles Darwin - On the Origin of Species, as applied to artistic momentum
