"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Nothing, Perfection

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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

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"He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.."

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"Of course I'll hurt you. Of course you'll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence."

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"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."

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