Christopher Alexander: Zitate

„Lerne, wie man das ganz Kleine mit den eigenen Händen und das ganz Große mit dem eigenen Geist macht.“

„Wir müssen zuerst eine Disziplin lernen, die uns die wahre Beziehung zwischen uns und unserer Umgebung lehrt.“ (TWB:16)

"It turns out that this knowledge only brings us back to that part of ourselves which is forgotten." (TWB, 1979: 13)

"For the use of pattern languages it is not merely something that happens in traditional societies. It is a fundamental fact about our human nature, as fundamental as the fact of speech." (TWB, 1979:198)

"...the pattern, which says that {xy} are a good idea in general, {are in our} mind before a decision" is taken. (TWB, 1979:201)

"Everybody follows rules of thumb." [...] and all these rules of thumb - or patterns - are part of larger systems which are languages." pattern language, Mustersprache (TWB, 1979:201)

"At all times, in every human culture, the entities of which the world is made are always governed by the pattern languages which people use. [...] They are the origine of all the structure in the man-made world." (TWB, 1979: 2010)