"In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it."

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Source : Christopher Alexander (1977). “A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction”, p.13, Oxford University Press

Christopher Alexander

#World Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Size Quotes

“I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whenever I work on a film, I have three rules. Only three and I tell them to every screenwriter. I say let's retain the spirit and the intent of the overall story. Let's make it the best film that we possibly can.”
“As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.”
“A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.”
“There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.”
“Lenin, Stalin, and Mao slaughtered even more tens of millions in the name of equality than Hitler murdered in the name of inequality.”

Source : "The Coming War Over Genes: Darwin's Enemies on the Left". www.unz.com. December 01, 1999.
“Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.”
“You should have some time to think and that's very important.”

Source : Source: www.nobelprize.org

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