Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design.


Attributed to William Burges (1860) paper on architectural drawing in: Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1912) Architectural drawing and draughtsmen, Cassell & company, limited, 1912. p. 6-7

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Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design.

Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design.

Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design.

Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design.