Annie Dillard Quote: About five years ago I saw a mocking...

About five years ago I saw a mockingbird make a straight vertical descent from the roof gutter of a four-story building. It was an act as careless and spontaneous as the curl of a stem or the kindling of a star.

- Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard Quotes

- Frank Lloyd Wright

The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Beautiful , Hurt , Environment , Building , Built , Environmental , Architecture , Society , Landscape , Architect More...

- Frank Lloyd Wright

We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.

Topic(s): Community , Building , Circles , Friends , Constructs , Our Community , Circle Of Friends More...

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.

Topic(s): Men , Spirit , Community , Understanding , Building , Listening , Friendship , Communication , Conversation , Observation , Empathy , Another Man More...

- Drake

We walk the same path, but got on different shoes, live in the same building, but we got different views

Topic(s): Different , Walks , Path , Views , Building , Shoes , Different Views More...

- Winston Churchill

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Topic(s): Building , Leadership , Shapes , Architecture , Architect , Modern Architecture , Urban Planning More...

- Frank Lloyd Wright

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

Topic(s): Ifs , Should , Grows , Building , Manifest , Site , Surroundings More...

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- Annie Dillard

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