Structural Unity Quotes

The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and dis­turbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.

My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work.

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it.

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.

Moreover, a book is not made of sentences laid end to end, but of sentences built, if an image helps, into arcades or domes.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

Moller, in his Essay on Architecture, taught that the building which was fitted accurately to answer its end would turn out to be beautiful, though beauty had not been intended. I find the like unity in human structures rather virulent and pervasive.