From Brian Hayes’ “The Post-OOP Paradigm“:
Christopher Alexander [a bricks-and-steel architect] is known for the enigmatic thesis that well-designed buildings and towns must have “the quality without a name.” He explains: “The fact that this quality cannot be named does not mean that it is vague or imprecise. It is impossible to name because it is unerringly precise.”
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Posted on April 4th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
Categories: Commonplace Book, On Writing
Tags: analysis, communication, definition, maxim, simplicity, writing
