Ernest Flagg Quote

How few people, even among the supposedly well educated, can give an intelligent explanation of the qualities of a design!... the essential ones... are necessary in order that the design may be worthy to be classed at all as a work of art. Among the essential qualities are reason, unity, harmony, clarity, and variety. Among the desirable qualities are imagination, interest, refinement, simplicity, dignity, and style.

Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)