"Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other."

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Source : Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.15

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Architecture is the work of nations”
“Amazon is evil, like anything big, but we can't help if it flows the very center of literature.”
“There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.”
“The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together.”

Source : N. T. Wright (2014). “For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church”, p.12, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass complex.”
“Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?”
“There was never any question with me as to which I would choose, my boy or my work. I had to have both.”

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