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We need objects to remind us of the commitments we’ve made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we’re in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.

Alain de Botton

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Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.
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It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.
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