Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.
Friedensreich HundertwasserAbout author
- Author's profession: Architect
- Nationality: austrian
- Born: December 15, 1928
- Died: February 19, 2000
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