#patterns

From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#character #easily #form #individual #nature

The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more it has that self-maintaining fire which is the quality without a name. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#comes #entirety #fire #glows #life

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#because #character #composite #consistent #constantly

I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#fun #i #like #patterns #really

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#affected #ancient #australia #because #climate

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#imposed #mark #our #our time #patterns

When I grew up, there were common patterns to people's lives. Now everybody is just making it up as they go along. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#common #everybody #go #grew #i

I wouldn't say there is one guy that I would say patterns himself after me. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

#guy #himself #i #me #patterns

To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life. ↗