Witold Rybczynski Quotes

• The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself.

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  Beautiful, House, World

  Witold Rybczynski (1990). “Most Beautiful House in the World”, Turtleback

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• You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home.

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  Home, House, Walks

  Witold Rybczynski (1987). “Home: A Short History of an Idea”, Penguin Group USA

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• For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?

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  Home, Imagination, Wander

  Witold Rybczynski (1990). “Most Beautiful House in the World”, Turtleback

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• Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.

  Witold Rybczynski

  Art, Practice, Architecture

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• Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure

  Witold Rybczynski

  Eye, Television Watching, Ears

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• While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey.

  Witold Rybczynski

  Journey, Ethos, Cities

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• There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.

  Witold Rybczynski

  Book, Offering, Score

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