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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

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

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No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical. – Michael Ende

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French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture like Roman design, it looks to the community. – Stephen Gardiner

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Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. The client made me do this. The city made me do this. Oh, the budget. I dont believe that anymore. – Frank Gehry

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I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. Id done theatricals in college, but Id done them because it was fun. – James Stewart

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