Words of Wisdom

“It just shows what can be done by taking a little trouble” said Eeyore.

“Do you see Pooh? Do you see Piglet? Brains first and then hard work. That’s the way to build a house” said Eeyore proudly.
(The House at Pooh Corner, A.A Milne)

At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, and then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done – then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.
(Frances Hodgson Burnett)

Cob encircles you in an eternal embrace.
(Building With Cob, Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce)

Quietly and almost without notice, they outwit the might of modern machinery with simple tools and materials that welcome, encourage and amplify the use of the human hand.
(Build By Hand: Vernacular Buildings Around The World, Bill and Athena Steen and Eiko Komatsu)

You must first more or less know the rules before you can disregard them.
(Elizabeth David)

The forms of virtue are erect. The forms of pleasure undulate
(Henry Fuseli)

We learn by going where we have to go
(Theodore Roethke)

Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step
(Julia Cameron)