As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remembe…

Rudolf Arnheim
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As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1990). Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest, p.156, Univ of California Press
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As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon. ✨ Rudolf Arnheim (1990). Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest, p.156, Univ of California Press

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