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A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Inspirational, Taken, Design

Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the work separately, and, as to the whole, the arrangement of the proportion with a view to a symmetrical result.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Views, Order, Design

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
Country, House, Design
"De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VI, Chapter I, Section 1), circa 15 BC.

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

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Design, Principles, Temples
"The Ten Books On Architecture". Book III. Chapter I, Sec. 1, 15BC.

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