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Quote by Lewis Mumford
The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physic

The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture. – Lewis Mumford

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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. – Lewis Mumford

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The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does. – Lewis Mumford

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I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artists hand even were that magic hand in true place. It has been too far exploited by industrialism and science at expense to art and true religion. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. – Karl Marx

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The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent. – Edward Dahlberg

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