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Synthesis I am a geometer, which means a synthetic. |
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Colour Ornamentation has been, is and will be coloured; nature does not present to us any object monotonously uniform. In vegetation, in geology, in topography, in the animal kingdom, everything mantains a more or less vivid contrast of colour; and this is why we must obligatorily colour, partly or wholly, any architectural member. |
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Columns In the world there is not a single column which is vertical (allthough on many occasions people have wanted it to be so). The nature of things demands that they are inlined and it is only necessary to study the degree of inlination possible. |
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Curved-straight
line The sharp curve is the sense of limitation, as the straight line is the expression of the infinite. |
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Geometry The architect must not talk vaguely as the ornametalist but rather in a concrete way: his language is geometry. To find the forms proper to each function (which give character) is the architect's task. |
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Monuments Artists do not need monuments erected for them because their works are their monuments.. |
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Nature Everything comes from the great book of nature |
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Originality Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions. |
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Paraboloid The paraboloid is the father, the best form which adapts itself to everything, which substitutes the others without substituting them, as must be its mission. |
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Personality The character and appearance of a person are sons of the skeleton. This is why, although one gets slimmer, the skin wrinkles and colour changes when ill, the characteristic features are not lost. |
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Reasoning The basis of any reasoning is the rule of three, the mathmatical proportion, the syllogism. |
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Art Any work of art must be seductive (in this point lies the universality, as it attracts everybody, both the expert and the profane). When, because of a deliberate originality, the quality of seduction is lost, then it is not a work of art. |