“There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for those well ordered motions, and regular paces, though they give no sound unto the ear, yet to the understanding they strike a note most full of harmony.” GivingWellsMayOrderUnderstandingSoundEarsHarmonyNotesStrikesProportionPaceSpheres Author:Thomas Browne
“The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.” KnowsFeelsMayMomentsCertainStrongGivenFashionExcitingDesignerProportionHistorianTheoristsZeitgeistSensorsPointlessness Author:Jil Sander
“As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of the evils may be traced to the sexagenarians, nearly all the great mistakes politically and socially, all of the worst poems, most of the bad pictures, a majority of the bad novels and not a few of the bad sermons and speeches.” MenWorldMayShowsEvilMistakeNovelWorstSpeechMajorityProportionFortySermonsWorld HistoryGreat Mistakes Book:The Quotable Osler Source: The Quotable Osler
“Surfaces reveal so much. The marks painters make reveal so much about their work and themselves; their sense of proportion, line, and rhythm is more telling than their signature. Looking at the surfaces of nature may offer equivalent revelations. What do these shapes and patterns reveal about the world and their creator? Surfaces hide so much.” WorldMayLinesOffersShapesMarkPatternsCreatorSurfacePainterRhythmProportionRevelationsTextureSignatures Author:John Paul Caponigro