Form follows function A Quote by Louis Sullivan en.wikipedia.org 205. Structure Follows Social SpacesClassical absurdityThe element becomes a signThe requirements of economyAgainst form follows functionThe minimum conditionForm follows failureThe usages of life formfunctiondesignarchitecture
The way an oyster does A Fragment by Kay Ryan www.csmonitor.com Her poems, [Kay Ryan] says, don't begin with a simple image or sound, but instead start "the way an oyster does, with an aggravation." An old saw may nudge her repeatedly, such as "It's always darkest before the dawn" or "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "I think, 'What about those chickens?' " she says, "and I start an investigation of what that means. Poets rehabilitate clichés." poetrymeaningcliché