In the human figure as it approaches perfection... is contained the sure guide for the determination of all true principles of design. ...it was beca… - Ernest Flagg

We here have... an architectural discovery which may prove of inestimable value to future art. ...Like fire, it is a good servant but a bad master. The danger is that it may lead to a cramped and mechanical design. One may easily become a slave to the module, and do things because of it which his taste or reason would not otherwise commend. ...How can the danger be avoided and the benefits secured?

Low walls are much less expensive to build than high ones... it is possible to use forms without the usual waste of lumber... when waste is avoided, forms greatly reduce the cost of stonework... much can be saved in the construction of foundations by methods described...

The best art, and the only art which will ever lead to great results, must have for its basis the interpretation of beauty in nature.