In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, … - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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If commodity prices are no longer going up then food prices in the grocery store will no longer go up, at some point.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them.

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Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens

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Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.

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Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty

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In accordance with the foregoing investigations on mathematical principles, let bronze vessels be made, proportionate to the size of the theatre, and let them be so fashioned that, when touched, they may produce with one another the notes of the fourth, the fifth, and so on up the double octave.

Theatre, Principles, May, Accordance, Investigations, Fashioned

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

Drawing, Architecture, Architect, Understand

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