Alain de Botton
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Proust: A Shallow Fellow
What I’ve always liked about Proust is his unabashed shallowness – or, more precisely, his celebration of the power and primacy of fleeting impressions in decision-making.
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Shift: On Richard Serra and Art as Therapy
The problem with art is not so much that people don’t know what to think about it, but that they’re afraid what they’re feeling is the wrong thing.
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Why Does No One Write About Their Day Job?
In a manifesto (er, “ideas piece”) about the importance of the workplace in writing, Alain de Botton calls on contemporary writers to write about work. “If a proverbial alien landed on earth,” he says, “and tried to figure out what human…
