“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then it depends much more on execution for its effect.” MadeEffortPrinciplesDoubtEffectsStyleDependsGeniusArchitectureGreekNo DoubtInfinityExecutionGothicGothic Architecture Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing coplanar with music is the compositional aspect, the fact that you are composing something. Architecture is essentially a score, and what happens with it depends on the people who play it, enjoy it, use it, or hate it.” PeopleWorldPlayFactsUseHappensHateEnjoyPiecesOne ThingDependsMusic IsAspectIndependentArchitectureRelateScoreComposing Author:Rafael Vinoly
“Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.” OrderEconomyDependsArchitectureArrangementsSymmetryPropriety Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“If there is a reason for keeping the wall very quiet, choose a pattern that works all over without pronounced lines...Put very succinctly, architectural effect depends upon a nice balance of horizontal, vertical and oblique. No rules can say how much of each; so nothing can really take the place of feeling and good judgement.” IfsReasonFeelingsLinesNiceEffectsWallDependsBalanceQuietPatternsArchitectureJudgementVerticalHorizontalGood Judgement Author:William Morris