“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health.”
Vitruvius Pollio, The Ten Books on Architecture“Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry.”
Vitruvius Pollio, The Ten Books on Architecture