“The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architect...” — Thomas Reid Quote

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.

And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.

I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.