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Everything suggests that the source of light continues to be evocative of the origin of all things: even though it no longer illuminates the family circle from the ceiling, even though it has been dispersed and made manifold, it is still a sign of privileged intimacy, still able to invest things with unique value, to create shadows and invent presences. Small wonder that a system founded on objective manipulation of simple and homogeneous elements should strive to eliminate the last sign of internal radiance, of the symbolic envelopment of things by look or desire.

-Jean Baudrillard

appearing in Le Système des objets