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All things in nature have a shape, that is to say, a form, an outward semblance, that tells us what they are, that distinguishes them from ourselves and from each other.

— Louis Sullivan The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered (1896)

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Verily, there needs a gardener, and many gardens.

Kindergarten Chats (1918)

What are books but folly, and what is an education but an arrant hypocrisy, and what is art but a curse when they touch not the heart and impel it not to action?

Kindergarten Chats (1918)

We must now heed the imperative voice of emotion.

The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered (1896)

Truly we are face to face with great things.

Education (1902)

To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action.

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