Quote #18

There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

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  4. I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface.
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  6. Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.
  7. Engraving is, in brief terms, the Art of Scratch.
  8. When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

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