Author: Vitruvius

Quotes

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

- Vitruvius

For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space.

For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space.

- Vitruvius

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

- Vitruvius

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.

- Vitruvius

Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.

Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.

- Vitruvius

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

- Vitruvius

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