If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The home protects the dreamer and allows peaceful imagination.
- In plain terms
- A house shelters dreams and keeps them safe.
- What can you take from it?
- Private spaces enable inner creative life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you feel safest to dream?
- Why do we need private rooms?
Another view
Some dreams require public expression.
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