"Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion."

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"Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion."

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"Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole."

Agreement, Building, Harmony, Result

"Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties."

Balance, Water

"Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance."

Shadow,

"I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible."

Leisure, May, Moments, Occupation

"Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies."

Wind,

"In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects."

Choice, First

"But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation."

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"Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion."

Music,

"From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left."

Enemy, May, Right, Weapons

"Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty."

Science, Alliance, Difficulty, Learning

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Music, Preparation, Performance, Art

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Music, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Music, Truth, Memory, Happiness

"You can cage the singer but not the song."

Harry Belafonte, American Musician

Music, Song

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Music, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Beauty, Soul, Revelation

"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

Stephen King, American Author

Music, Regret, Power, Today

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Heart, Soul, Heavenly

"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Music, Motivational, World, Energy

"I listen to music constantly while writing."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Music, Writing