Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidines… - Anne Lamott

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Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.

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Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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