“The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent. [Lat., Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.]” HumansLongFashionRemainsFortuneAffairVicesFortuna Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.” LooksAsksModernFashionStyleBuildingCivilizationRemainsStructureHistoricalContemporaryCopiesAbsurdityVulgarityAnachronism Author:Louis Sullivan