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Audre Lorde

“The principal horror of any system which defines the good in terms of profit rather than in terms of human need, or which defines the human need to the exclusion of the psychic and emotional components of that need - the principal horror of such a system is that it robs our work of its erotic value, its erotic power and life appeal and fulfillment. Such a system reduces work to a travesty of necessities, a duty by which we earn bread or oblivion for ourselves and those we love. But this is tantamount to blinding a painter and then telling her to improve her work, and to enjoy the act of painting. It's not only next to impossible, it is also profoundly cruel.”

Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
tags: life, meaning, profit, work
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
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