"The buildings that I build very often have a dreamlike reality. I don't mean by that they have a fantasy quality at all, in fact quite the reverse. They contain in some degree the ingredients that give dreams their power... stuff that's very close to us."

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Source : "To be a good builder, you need a feel for what surrounds you. Christopher Alexander knows." by Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. February 3, 2006.

Christopher Alexander

#Dream Quotes #Mean Quotes #Reality Quotes

“Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?”
“Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.”

Source : Eberhard Arnold (1997). “God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom”, p.137, The Plough Publishing House
“Dogs donâ€™t bark at cars that are parked!”
“A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room.”
“It's very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don't get anywhere with it. There's no friction in it. There's no trouble. You have to have trouble. Somebody's got to get in trouble, or no one wants to read it.”
“A scientist who is also a human being cannot rest while knowledge which might be used to reduce suffering rests on the shelf,”
“Opportunity lies between your own two ears”
“Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers.”

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