“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health.” AgeVitruviusDinocrates Book:The Ten Books on Architecture Source: The Ten Books on Architecture
“Vitruvius discovered that the length of a man’s ear is one-third of the length of his face, and the length of a man’s foot is one-sixth of his height. As a child, I was asked to measure the distance from the tip of my head to the floor and divide it by the distance from my belly button to the ground. The number I came up with is the same number that nearly everyone will. A ratio of 1.618.” ScienceVitruvius Book:Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution Source: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
“I think that men have no right to profess themselves architects hastily, without having climbed from the steps of these studies and thus, nursed by knowledge of many arts and sciences, having reached the heights of the holy ground of architecture.” DesignArchitectureArchitectVitruvius Book:The Ten Books on Architecture Source: The Ten Books on Architecture