Quote#Nature
Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open…
Quote byLouis Sullivan · 1856–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered (1896).
English (original)
Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, the branching oak, the winding stream at its base, the drifting clouds, over all the coursing sun, form ever follows function, and this is the law.
— Louis Sullivan
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