Quote by Thomas Reid
The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of archi

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house. – Thomas Reid

Other quotes by Thomas Reid

And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also. – Thomas Reid

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Wisdom
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Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. – Thomas Reid

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Wisdom
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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. – Thomas Reid

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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think its still coming to computer science. – Larry Wall

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architecture

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – John Ruskin

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architecture

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are. – Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe

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architecture

My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture. – Parker Stevenson

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architecture

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