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   Linda Starr on November 30, 2011 at 4:13 am

   Ah yes, great quote.

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   FetishGhost on November 30, 2011 at 5:11 am

   Nuff Said!

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   carter gillies on November 30, 2011 at 8:41 am

   Here's my thought to contrast with your quote: You can almost never have too much of the things that are important.

   We need more beauty in the world, not less. We need more kindness, not less. We need more love and compassion, not less. The more there is, the more it can be spread around and shared in. The less there is, the more exclusive and less shared it will be.

   If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well. And if something is worth doing well, it is worth doing as much as possible.

   For the human spirit to be nourished it needs more inspiration and nurturing, not less. A steady stream, not a trickle.

   If there is something that counts as too much of a good thing, then there is also a golden mean. But I'm not sure about placing a restriction on beauty and kindness. If art is a gift to the world, it is a gift of beauty and an act of kindness. So I would say we need more art and more people to be artists. We need ALL the variety of human insight into the wonder of the world, not just a small piece.

   So better things, yes, but more of them and in more varieties, not fewer.

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