Comfortable ordinariness and lack of 'image' quality are the main things which produce life in our current situation.

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• Comfortable ordinarinessconcept0.795
  The quality of being rough, not manicured, concept-free, and genuine, which produces life in everyday situations and modern artifacts.
• The life which seems best in our world comes from efforts that are uncensored, natural and straightforward, from impulses close to our emotions and joy.claim0.792
  Alexander's opening assertion about the character of true modern life.
• The wholesomeness and integrity of a person's existence is directly dependent on the extent to which that person can sustain an inner relatedness with the world, which itself depends on the extent of living structure.hypothesis0.791
  Promised for Book 4, chapter 4 (Note 15).
• "There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named"quote0.781
  Verbatim quote from Alexander (1979, p.19) defining the Quality Without a Name, used to motivate the exploration.
• The quality of exterior space which comes from living process has a particular and definable morphology.claim0.780
  Opening claim that establishes the chapter's thesis.
• In portraiture, as in architecture, it is the wholeness which is the real thing that lies beneath the surface and determines everything.claim0.776
  Generalization from the Matisse example: artistic success depends on capturing wholeness.
• We can sense, ahead of time, the quality of the completed whole, even when we cannot yet visualize it.claim0.774
• Possibly the most basic and necessary feature of any living process is the fact that it goes gradually.claim0.773
  Core thesis of the chapter: gradual, step-by-step progression is the bedrock of life.