Look more carefully... to find out what it really is that is repeating there.... Beyond its elements, each building [or town] is defined by certain patterns of relationships among the elements.... These relationships are not extra, but necessary to the elements... The elements themselves are patterns of relationships.

Cited in: Peter Coad (1992, p. 152) About To find patterns, what does one look for? - The Timeless Way of Building (1979)