"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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"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

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"I shall never again admire a merely brave man."

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"I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?""It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world...."

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"To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world."

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"But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise."

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"I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed."

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"Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult."

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"The one thing that matters is the effort."

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"And if not for the caterpillars and butterflies, who will I talk to? You'll be far away. And as for larger creatures, I'm not afraid. I have my thorns...to protect me."

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"It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys."

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"This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment. Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, like a present."

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