Furniture

«The life of the city: a life in rooms, where one sits, or lies down. Personal distance is ruled by the disposition of furniture. In a living room, there is only one thing to do with another person (besides make love - i.e., go to the bedroom): sit and talk. The life of the living  room forces talk upon us, and inhibits the capacity for play and for contemplation.
H concludes: better not to have furniture.»

Susan Sontag, Reborn, Journals & Notebooks, 1947-1963