"New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas."

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Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world.

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing