Vitruvius Quote

Order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately, and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. It is an adjustment according to quantity. By this I mean the selection of modules from the members of the work itself and, starting from these individual parts of members, constructing the whole work to correspond.

Chapter II, Sec. 2 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book I

Order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately, and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. It is an...

Order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately, and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. It is an...

Order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately, and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. It is an...

Order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately, and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. It is an...