"The book recounts stories from my half-century of experience in the world of architecture and my journey of discovery of the importance of considering humans and nature as part of any project. Itâ€™s illustrated with my own watercolors I hope it will inspire the next generation of architects to design places we can all enjoy."

-- Sim Van der Ryn

#Book Quotes #Journey Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil's environment who treats him with respect.”

Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.255, Open Road Media
“Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.”
“The running backs are the strengths of their football team. They have quality players who can do a number of things for their team.”
“Only when something becomes a problem for "me" as one of my goal orientated actions, do I pause in full stride, as it were, in order to learn the competencies that I lack.”
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.”
“People who stop laughing are always the ones who get hurt.”
“Rachel delivered it like an official pronouncement. Like she was one of the fairies gifting Sleeping Beauty's christening: Beauty. Intelligence. Heterosexual.”

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