The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe
Walter BenjaminWork on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed, an architectural one, where it is constructed, and finally a textile one, where it is woven.
Walter BenjaminOwnership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives in them.
Walter Benjamin