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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.
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There are also kinds of water that cause death, as they run through harmful juices in the soil and become poisonous.
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Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being…
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Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.
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Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense…
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A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.
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Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music,…
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Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the…
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