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Quote by Lewis Mumford
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplatio

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. – Lewis Mumford

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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. – Lewis Mumford

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Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. – Lewis Mumford

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As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. – Arthur Cayley

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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found that life was duty. – George Byron

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Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon. – Andre Gide

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The beauty of jazz is that its malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. – Pat Metheny

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