Enkhdari

“The overriding aim of club design, whatever its manifestation, is to create a sense of entering a new world. The magical realms that arise as a result tend to heighten this effect by turning their backs on the 'outside'.... What remains when the sun has risen and the line of people queuing to get in has melted away. It's not the stamp on your hand, seldom the new lover in your arms, and hopefully not the ringing in your ears. What remains is the feeling of a wonderful night out. You've danced, sweated, laughed, defied sleep, and the pressures of daily life, much like the spectacular venues that allow music and people to melt into one.”
― Nadja Mahler, Dance! Best of Club Design

“Ian Schrager, who remains a trendsetter in the elite sector with his Starck hotels, compares the hotel's spatial layout with a play: the lobby is the prelude, the first act of the hotel's drama, which has its finale in the individual guest rooms.”
― Otto Riewoldt, New Hotel Design

“In a world so influenced by media, with a populace addicted to cheap entertainment and omnipresent pop culture, celebrities have their own place of prominence at the apex of society. Every branch of showbiz - music, television, cinema, and even braindance - has its own stars whose works shape trends, opinions, and tastes. Their live concerts and releases of new content are worldwide events, observed and celebrated by tens of millions of fans all around the globe. Most of them, like Us Cracks, are products of the entertainment industry - devised and created to feed current fashions. Some of them are natural-born talents, discovered and promoted by some manager who recognized their potential and helped them to unpack it. Regardless of their origins, they will shine brightly for a period of time until some new star outshines them, or they're cast aside by their fans' ever-changing tastes. Until then, they will be admired and worshiped, living filthy-rich lives in fabulous estates and villas, whimsically coasting about in limos, private jets, and luxury boats - the embodiment of the public's dreams and desires. Demigods among mere mortals.”
― CD Projekt Red, The Art Of Cyberpunk 2077: Digital Book

“The heaven of modern humanity is indeed shattered in the Cyclopean struggle for wealth and power. The world is groping in the shadow of egotism and vulgarity. Knowledge is bought through a bad conscience, benevolence practiced for the sake of utility. The East and West, like two dragons tossed in a sea of ferment, in vain strive to regain the jewel of life.. Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
― Kazuko Okakura