And he referred me to this lovely quote from the Japanese "Essays in Idleness" from the 14th century, in which the essayist wrote, "In everything, uniformity is undesirable.
Il m'a rappelé cette merveilleuse citation japonaise issue des "Heures Oisives" au 14ème siècle. L'écrivain y disait : "Dans toute chose, l'uniformité est indésirable.