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From Ways of Seeing, by John Berger

THE WAY

"The way in which each sees the other confirms his own view of himself."

From Chapter 4

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From Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns 1985 - 1988, by Gary Indiana

THINGS

"Things don't really move according to decades, but the change from the '70s to the '80s was in fact dramatic and rather nauseating."

From July 23, 1985 Dear Decade

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From Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns 1985 - 1988, by Gary Indiana

SOLD

"The fate of many plants sold at the flower show must certainly resemble that of those hapless baby alligators who died slow, painful deaths in terrariums of Florida tourists in the '50s."

From March 24, 1987 Triumph of the Cute

A Caricature

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From Peacock and Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny, by A. S. Byatt

FRUIT

"William Morris first undertook to represent pomegranates in 1864 -- he produced a design for 'fruit' or 'pomegranates' which originally also contained some elegant olive branches.  Like many designs by Morris the originsl identity is dubious -- is it fruit, is it a pomegranate?  It is oval in shape, rather than round, and looks unlie any pomegranate I have ever seen."

From Pomegranate