It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their v…

Alain de Botton
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It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us. ✨ Alain de Botton (2007). The Architecture of Happiness, p.15, Penguin UK
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