Monday, July 25, 2011
A System of Architectural Ornament by Louis Sullivan
...RECOGNIZE AND UTILIZE THE BROAD TRUTH THAT FATE HAS EVER BEEN [MAN] HIMSELF, THAT DESTINY NOW LIES WITHIN HIMSELF. HENCE IS CHOICE THE MOST POTENT OF HIS MORAL POWERS. THE DEEPEST MORAL TRUTH IS THIS: THAT THE POWER OF CHOICE RESIDES IN ALL MEN."
THE MODERN DREAM (OBSCURED, INARTICULATE AS YET) IS TO FOUND, ON THE REALITY OF MAN AND HIS POWERS, A CIVILIZATION BEFITTING HIM AND HIS POWERS.
THUS DAWNS THE MODERN LIGHT UPON THE ART OF THE WORLD. IT REVEALS THAT ALL MEN IN THEIR NATIVE POWERS ARE CRAFTSMEN, WHOSE DESTINY IS TO CREATE, COURAGEOUSLY, WISELY AND WORTHILY, A FIT ABIDING PLACE; A SANE AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD.
THE MODERN DREAM (OBSCURED, INARTICULATE AS YET) IS TO FOUND, ON THE REALITY OF MAN AND HIS POWERS, A CIVILIZATION BEFITTING HIM AND HIS POWERS.
THUS DAWNS THE MODERN LIGHT UPON THE ART OF THE WORLD. IT REVEALS THAT ALL MEN IN THEIR NATIVE POWERS ARE CRAFTSMEN, WHOSE DESTINY IS TO CREATE, COURAGEOUSLY, WISELY AND WORTHILY, A FIT ABIDING PLACE; A SANE AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD.
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