Christopher Alexander
Brief Bio: Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist
Lived: 1936-2022
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Quotes:
“A myth that a person need only do inner work”
There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work, in order to be alive like this; that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that to cure himself, he need only change himself … The fact is, a person is so far formed by his surroundings, that his state of harmony depends entirely on his harmony with his surroundings.
1979 from the book The Timeless Way of Building