Quotes

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.”

— African Proverb

“Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”

— African Proverb

“It takes a village to raise a child.”

— West African Proverb

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

— Jean de La Fontaine · Fables, Book II, 1668

“All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.”

— Frank Lloyd Wright · The Natural House, 1954

“There is no such thing as good writing. There is only good rewriting.”

— Louis Brandeis · attributed

“I think architecture is one of the predominant orderings of human experience.”

— Richard Meier