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> [To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/to-work-our-way-towards-a-shared-language-once-again-we-must-first/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

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## More by Christopher Alexander

> [The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/the-more-living-patterns-there-are-in-a-place-a-room-a-building-or-a/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [I mean, making simulations of what you're going to build is tremendously useful if you can get feedback from them that will tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/i-mean-making-simulations-of-what-you-re-going-to-build-is/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/it-is-not-possible-to-make-great-buildings-or-great-towns-beautiful/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to create a global whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/in-an-organic-environment-every-place-is-unique-and-the-different/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/drawings-help-people-to-work-out-intricate-relationships-between-parts/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/there-is-one-timeless-way-of-building-it-is-a-thousand-years-old-and/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/the-structure-of-life-i-have-described-in-buildings-the-structure-2/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [We must face the fact that we are on the brink of times when man may be able to magnify his intellectual and inventive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/we-must-face-the-fact-that-we-are-on-the-brink-of-times-when-man-may/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/in-short-no-pattern-is-an-isolated-entity-each-pattern-can-exist-in/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [In my life as an architect, I found that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/in-my-life-as-an-architect-i-found-that-the-single-thing-which/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/speaking-as-a-builder-if-you-start-something-you-must-have-a-vision/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/it-is-possible-to-make-buildings-by-stringing-together-patterns-in-a/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [All space and matter, organic or inorganic, has some degree of life in it, and matter/space is more alive or less alive according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/all-space-and-matter-organic-or-inorganic-has-some-degree-of-life-in/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [There are some geologists involved with prospecting for oil and other hidden resources who can pick up a rock and say, 'Yes, there's oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/there-are-some-geologists-involved-with-prospecting-for-oil-and-other/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

> [To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/to-work-our-way-towards-a-shared-language-once-again-we-must-first/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

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