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African Proverb
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“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
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book X
“The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.”
Robertson Davies
“The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.”
Frank Lloyd Wright · New York Times Magazine, 1953
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.”
Daniel Burnham · attributed, c. 1907
“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Plato
“You don't build a wall all at once. You lay one brick, as perfectly as a brick can be laid.”
Will Smith · Interview, c. 2005
