Witold Rybczynski quotes
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“The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself.”
-- Witold RybczynskiSource : Witold Rybczynski (1990). “Most Beautiful House in the World”, Turtleback
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“You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home.”
-- Witold RybczynskiSource : Witold Rybczynski (1987). “Home: A Short History of an Idea”, Penguin Group USA
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“Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.”
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“While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey.”
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“Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure”
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“There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.”
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“For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?”
-- Witold RybczynskiSource : Witold Rybczynski (1990). “Most Beautiful House in the World”, Turtleback
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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“I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics
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