“To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.” FeelsShouldMeanMightBeautifulGrowsCuttingElementsNegativeRootsDifficultyPlantAriseStemEmbarrassedChoke Author:Alain de Botton
“For the first time, I wasn't embarrassed by the look of beauty, of elegance, because when you see someone who has only one rag as their property, but it happens to be beautiful and pink and silk, beauty doesn't have to be separated... I have always said that you shouldn't have biases, you shouldn't have prejudices. But before that [before his trip to India, circa 1975] I'd never been able to use purple, because it was too beautiful.” FirstsLooksSaidUseHappensAbleBeautifulFirst TimeIndiaPrejudicePropertyEmbarrassedPurpleEleganceSilkRags Author:Robert Rauschenberg