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

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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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Knowledge
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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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The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics. – Jay Chiat

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Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. – Stephen Gardiner

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In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, its modern architecture. – Nancy Banks Smith

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architecture

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog? – Bernard Levin

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