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Analogies Quote by Leon Krier

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“For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.”

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I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.

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Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.

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Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.

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You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.

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Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.

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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson…

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For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused…

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That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole,…

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The nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience.

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His lessons were chock-full of analogies for a variety of musical situations. Those little things were my favorites. 'No . . . that's too…

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E-books are impervious to analogy.

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Imagination runs out. But it makes sense, right? We probably just imagine things based on what we already know, and we run out of…

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Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

Winston Churchill

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