The Desire To Impose Upon The Disorder Of Nature Some Orderly Pattern Or Arrangement Makes Men Into Poets, Painters And Gardene

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The desire to impose upon the disorder of nature some orderly pattern
or arrangement makes men into poets, painters and gardeners; it also
makes them prey to the illusion that a highly organized state will be
civilized and preferable to a disorganized and muddled one.
-- Len Deighton (1929-)

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