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If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective. — Vitruvius

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion. — Vitruvius

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature. — Vitruvius

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. — Vitruvius

For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease. — Vitruvius

It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The oak ... has not the efficacy of the fir , nor the cypress that of the elm . — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Marble is not alike in all countries. — Vitruvius

Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius. — Richard Neutra

In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work ... — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

There are also kinds of water that cause death, as they run through harmful juices in the soil and become poisonous. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies. — Vitruvius

A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

There are ... many ... names for winds derived from localities or from the squalls which sweep from rivers or down mountains. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Next I must tell about the machine of Ctesibius, which raises water to a height. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

An architect ought to be an educated man so as to leave a more lasting remembrance in his treatises. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Nothing suffers annihilation, but at dissolution there is a change, and things fall back to the essential element in which they were before. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

From food and water, then, we may learn whether sites are naturally unhealthy or healthy. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Cold winds are disagreeable, hot winds enervating, moist winds unhealthy. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. — Vitruvius

When the juices of trees have no means of escape, they clot and rot in them, making the trees hollow and good for nothing. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

For not all things are practicable on identical principles — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The design of a temple depends on symmetry , the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio