Great art seems artless

JohnEmmett

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Abundant character seems hardly satisfying.
Great art seems artless.
-Laozi
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Sorry, but corundum is harder on the Mohs scale--sapphire and ruby. So is topaz. Granite is of course much tougher, though not as tough as jadeite and nephrite, the two forms of jade.
 
K… Granite is a tough material


Granite is harder than marble
 
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True, harder than marble, but hardly the second hardest compared to diamond.
 
the choice of material indicates a high level of technology


there is evidence of saws and drills
 
Abundant character seems hardly satisfying.
Great art seems artless.
-Laozi

"There is an art of seeming artless." -Cicero
 
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer and Academic Skeptic philosopher who played an important role in the politics of the late Republic and vainly tried to uphold republican principles during the crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.
 
Oy vey. Guess what? They knew what they were doing. They were just as smart as modern people, though a lot of modern people seem to have a hard time with that idea.
 
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