The fire of oak logs The fire of oak logs which burned day and night for six months became the focal point of our family life. ...It is inevitable that the English word "home" cannot be translated directly into French. The nearest equivalent in French is the word foyer, the hearth. Lawrence Wylie, Village in the Vaucluse Thermal Delight in Architecture homefirefamilylanguage
Head and hand The blueprint signaled a decisive disconnection between head and hand in design: the idea of a thing made complete in conception before it is constructed. Richard Sennett, The Craftsman The preliminary sketch design