His pictures have the battered, timeworn quality of a masterpiece discovered in a thrift store. They were built to supplement the timeworn "Sokuten"-class. Perhaps the absence of these timeworn themes was welcome. Though his marriage to Kitty is slightly timeworn, it is stable and loving. " are so timeworn that even Nicki Minaj struggles to breathe fresh life into it". The "Austin Chronicle" mentions its "timeworn formula" and "cultural imperialism".