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conorsweetman 's review for:
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton
“Just as the secrets of good literature have not been forever unlocked by the existence of Hamlet or Mansfield Park, so the works of Otto Wagner or Luring have done nothing to reduce the proliferation of inferior buildings. The masterpieces of art continue to seem like chance occurrences and artists to resemble pavement who succeed in periodically igniting a flame without being able to fathom how they did so, let alone without being able to communicate their achievements to others. Artistic talent is like a brilliant firework that streaks across a pitch black night, inspiring awe among onlookers, but extinguishing itself in seconds, leaving behind only darkness and longing.”