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Christopher Alexander

On the geometric level, we see certain physical elements repeated endlessly, combined in an almost endless variety of combinations. . . It is puzzling to realize that the elements, which seem like elementary building blocks, keep varying, and are different every time that they occur. . . . If the elements are different every time that they occur, evidently then, it cannot be the elements themselves which are repeating in a building or town; these so-called elements cannot be the ultimate "atomic" constituents of space.

Atomic, Block, Blocks, Level, Space, Towns
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Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.

People, World, Wonderful

There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work. . . that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that to cure himself, he need only change himself. . . . The fact is, a person is so formed by his surroundings, that his state of harmony depends entirely on his harmony with his surroundings.

Entirely, Happiness, Inner, Men, Needs, Responsible

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.

Exist, Pattern, Patterns, Size, Supported, World

Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.

Art, Drawings, Inspirational, Intricate, People, Relationship

We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe.

Design, Designed, Kind, Searching, Two
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