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It supplies a necessary kind of magic to people and places that lack it. More than just a dread of empty spaces has led to the urge to decorate; it is the fear of empty selves.

Ada Louise Huxtable

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Aim Art Decoration Require Self Skill Sophisticated
Clutter in its highest and most organized form is called collecting.
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Consistency Everything Paris Structure Style
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Surrogate experience and surrogate environments have become the American way of life.
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the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. … At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.
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The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer blush.
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Blush Competence Country Computer Laid

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