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If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble. – Percy Wynham Lewis

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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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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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As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man. – Ernst Fischer

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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough. – Karel Capek

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