“Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“Then there is this idea that the world owes you a living. Here is a little thought about that. It isn't particularly logical but it makes my point. You were paid when you were born, with the privilege of living. Death is all that is coming to you. Life came to you when you were born.”
Ibid., p. 27.
The Gist of Art (1939)
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