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“A piece of fabric can get me going.”

Author:Anna Sui

“One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and leave a fabric of relationships behind, which is the stuff that actually repeats itself, and gives the structure to a building or a town.”

Thinking Giving Seems Stuff Behinds Pieces Building Elements Towns Structure Block Repeats Fabric Building Blocks

Author:Christopher Alexander

“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.”

Men Giving Home Earth Night Faith Fall Social Sleep Greater Pieces Our Lives Security Arms Safety Foundation Prosperity Bars Remove Commerce Fabric Bolts Backbone Happy Home

Author:Thomas Guthrie

“Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthetic element, and the cross-threads as the technical, architectural, or abstract element. These threads are interdependent and complementary, and if one set is lacking the fabric does not exist. A picture with no representational purpose is to my mind always an incomplete technical exercise, for the only purpose of any picture is to achieve representation.”

Ifs Mind Doe Purpose Pieces Achieve Painting Exercise Elements Crosses Abstract Thread Uniforms Fabric Representation Lacking Incomplete Complementary

Author:Juan Gris

“Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.”

World Fall Pieces Broken Crush Temples Sincerity Fabric Fidelity Pillars

Author:Owen Feltham

“When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you're not just buying the fabric and thread - you're buying a piece of someone's past”

Past Pieces Buying Clothings Thread Fabric Vintage Vintage Clothing

Book:A Vintage Affair: A Novel

Source: A Vintage Affair: A Novel

“The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.”

Fighting Pieces Soldier Useless Fabric Unwilling Ribbons

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte