“Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.” Guinean Proverb “When the music changes, so does the dance.” Hausa Proverb “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.” Cameroonian Proverb “The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.” African Proverb “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb “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 “All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.” Frank Lloyd Wright “There is no such thing as good writing. There is only good rewriting.” Louis Brandeis “I think architecture is one of the predominant orderings of human experience.” Richard Meier