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Imitate nothing except principle.


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The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.



Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.



We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.

We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.



Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.



I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.



You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.



A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.



You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.



We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.



No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.





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I've learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it.



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How old did someone have to be before they could be put to use to make tea?



I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.



God knows that sometimes we lack words to express our feelings, heart-cry, thoughts. And so within the Bible he includes people's prayers as models to help our own.

God knows that sometimes we lack words to express our feelings, heart-cry, thoughts. And so within the Bible he includes people's prayers as models to help our own.



When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades.

When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades.



It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary - and not only necessary but urgent - to interest minds in the fate of Mind, that is to say, in their own fate.

It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary - and not only necessary but urgent - to interest minds in the fate of Mind, that is to say, in their own fate.



A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others.

A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others.



Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.

Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.



Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.

Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.




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