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Kenzo Tange

"Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long."

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"Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long."

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"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."

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"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

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"Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit."

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"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

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"It was still early, and the sun's lower limb was just free of the hill, his rays, ungenial and peering, addressed the eye rather than the touch as yet."

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"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

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"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."

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"There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!"

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"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"

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"Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long."
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