Now here’s something to think about:
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.”
“If it is not useful or necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to make it.”
“If it is useful and necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to enhance it by adding what is not an integral part of its usefulness or necessity.”
“And finally: If it is both useful and necessary and you can recognize and eliminate what is not essential, then go ahead and make it as beautifully as you can.”
Shaker Built:The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture by Paul Rocheleau
http://bokardo.com/archives/the-shaker-design-philosophy/
(pic from the internet) and an interesting post about the Shakers bunch.
Gone thinking! :)
gentiana
Frode Roarson Said,
A small thought from me:
Free yourself from yourself and take a chance…
These few words tells me that I need to rethink the way I do things and get out of the bad circle that we call everyday life.
Frode