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Vitruvius Quotes

Some have held that there are only four winds: Solanus from the east; auster from the south; favonius from due west; septentrio from the north. But more careful investigators tell us that there are eight Picture Quote #1

Neither natural ability without instruction nor instruction without natural ability can make the perfect artist Picture Quote #1

The thickness of the wall should, in my opinion, be such that armed men meeting on top of it may pass one another without interference Picture Quote #1

Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity Picture Quote #1

Voice is a flowing breath of air, perceptible to the hearing by contact Picture Quote #1

Nothing suffers annihilation, but at dissolution there is a change, and things fall back to the essential element in which they were before Picture Quote #1

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The gravity of a substance depends not on the amount of its weight, but on its nature Picture Quote #1

If then, at this great distance, our human vision can discern that sight, why, pray, are we to think that the divine splendor of the stars can be cast into darkness? Picture Quote #1

All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament Picture Quote #1

The design of a temple depends on symmetry, the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect Picture Quote #1

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Some have held that there are only four winds: Solanus from the east; auster from the south; favonius from due west; septentrio from the north. But more careful investigators tell us that there are eight (Vitruvius Quotes) Neither natural ability without instruction nor instruction without natural ability can make the perfect artist (Vitruvius Quotes) The thickness of the wall should, in my opinion, be such that armed men meeting on top of it may pass one another without interference (Vitruvius Quotes) Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity (Vitruvius Quotes) Voice is a flowing breath of air, perceptible to the hearing by contact (Vitruvius Quotes) Nothing suffers annihilation, but at dissolution there is a change, and things fall back to the essential element in which they were before (Vitruvius Quotes) The gravity of a substance depends not on the amount of its weight, but on its nature (Vitruvius Quotes) If then, at this great distance, our human vision can discern that sight, why, pray, are we to think that the divine splendor of the stars can be cast into darkness? (Vitruvius Quotes) All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament (Vitruvius Quotes) The design of a temple depends on symmetry, the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect (Vitruvius Quotes)