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- There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure
- A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'
- The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the…
- If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
- In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry,…
- It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their…
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