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Leon Krier Quotes: For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.
         

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


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The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.



Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.

Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.



In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.

In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.



Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.



As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.



A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.



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

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



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

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



Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.

Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture.



Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence.

Human intelligence is a limited resource. It cannot solve problems caused by ignoring fundamentals of existence.





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I have wandered freely in mystical traditions that are not religious and have been profoundly influenced by them. It is my church, however, that I keep returning, for she is my spiritual home.



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Most of life is just a preparation for getting ready to be dead for a very long period of time.



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The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts bestowed for the good of the country and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.



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Time is precious but truth is more precious than time.



So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.

So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.



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When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.



The greatest victory for man is not that his dreams were fulfilled but it is that to stand upright even when none of his dreams were fulfilled!

The greatest victory for man is not that his dreams were fulfilled but it is that to stand upright even when none of his dreams were fulfilled!



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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.



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The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.

The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.




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