Christopher Alexander Quote

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named.


The Timeless Way of Building (ed. 1979)


To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in...

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in...

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in...

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in...