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The good stuff is always childlike, a pure thing which comes from the heart.

Generalization from all the examples: the finest work has an almost embarrassingly direct, childlike quality.

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Childlike Innocence
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The state of pure, unselfconscious making where one pleases oneself absolutely, free from rules and concepts—the closest we can come to the egoless state.

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The work has little to do with sweetness; it is about stark geometry—a geometry which is stark and simple, organized to create pleasure and relatedness.
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Response to critics who think Alexander's work aims at 'something sweet'; the real quality comes from severity and toughness.

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The things we like from the heart make us feel wholesome when we are near them.claim0.790
First numbered assertion about deep liking.
What we like from the heart coincides with the objective structure of wholeness or life in a thing.claim0.790
Core claim linking subjective deep liking to objective structure.
A thing which is well-made, and beautiful … will always be isomorphic to nothingness — it will have the same structure as emptiness.claim0.779
The ultimate simplicity: living forms share the structure of the Void.
Good shape arises in many natural systems such as leaves, bones, and Chladni patterns, where a strong center is intensified by minor centers.claim0.769
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.claim0.767
Alexander's opening assertion about the character of true modern life.
Almost every person experiences the making of wholeness, like food.claim0.760
Generalization from personal and student experience.
True simplicity — the thing which is truly whole — leaves the nothing undisturbed, quiet, like a lake.claim0.756
Poetic statement of the Ground-clearing nature of true simplicity.
When a thing is well made, it is an actual realization of spirit, a physical appearance and creation of spirit in this world.claim0.754
Claim that the making process physically realizes spirit.