When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin … - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth.

Aunt, Begins, Earth, East, Passes, Sun

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Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens

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Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.

Order, Architecture, Economy, Eurythmy, Symmetry

Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty

Mirrors, Law, Perfection, Essential, Building

In accordance with the foregoing investigations on mathematical principles, let bronze vessels be made, proportionate to the size of the theatre, and let them be so fashioned that, when touched, they may produce with one another the notes of the fourth, the fifth, and so on up the double octave.

Theatre, Principles, May, Accordance, Investigations, Fashioned

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

Drawing, Architecture, Architect, Understand

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Education must become central to any viable notion of politics willing to imagine a life and future outside of casino capitalism.

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Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.

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To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage.

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I'd like to invoke the Native American Navajo because their word for road is used as a verb. Their whole relationship to road has to do with how you travel it, who you are traveling it with, what the environment might be, where you're headed, in what direction, the weather and so on.

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