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William Coperthwaite Quotes

1930–2013 United States

William Coperthwaite (1930-November 26, 2013) was an American architect, author, maker, social critic, and homesteader. He is known for teaching yurt building in the United States and writing A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity.

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The finest design for society will not be one worked up by specialists but a design created by the people themselves to fit their needs.

The teacher is the designer of the learning process a choreographer of discovery.

Initially what is important is to be able to successfully make a useful object over which the maker can exclaim, with pleasure and amazement, 'I made this myself!

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Coperthwaite (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.