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In felling a tree we should cut into the trunk of it to the very heart, and then leave it standing so that the sap may drain out drop by drop throughout the whole of it... Then and not till then, the tree being drained dry and the sap no longer dripping, let it be felled and it will be in the highest state of usefulness.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio's Popular Quotes

A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring rep…

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythm…

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

All these soft kinds [of stone] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the quarries. Under cover, the…

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each oth…

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built.

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio