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Fri, Oct 14, 2005

The Craftsman Approach to Building #

ScottMcMullan uncovered this great quote on the craft of building, one that's as applicable to software as it is to buildings: (JVV)

The Craftsman type of building is largely the result not of elaboration, but of elimination. The more I design, the more sure I am that elimination is the secret of beauty in architecture. By this I do not mean that I want to think scantily and work meagerly. Rather, I feel that one should plan richly and fully, and then begin to prune, to weed, to shear away everything that seems superfluous and superficial. (JVW)

--GustavStickley, More Craftsman Homes (1912) (JVX)

/tech/programming | Posted at 9:40pm

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