A form language able to produce life must be a system of transformations which allows living centers to be created, one by one.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Unless we have a form language which supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.quote0.843
  Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.
• Unless we have a form language that supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.claim0.827
  Central thesis of the chapter: form language is a prerequisite for living structure.
• We shall only be able to reproduce versions and combinations of what can be 'reached' by that form language.quote0.814
  States that the form language delimits what buildings can be created.
• The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way — it is a categorical and mathematical must.claim0.812
• The form languages of traditional societies helped people to work in living process and allowed them to form truthfully differentiated buildings in harmony with the whole.claim0.811
  Argument that traditional societies had effective form languages for living structure.
• That such a simple form-language could produce such powerful results, was remarkable.claim0.797
  Reflection on the eleven principles class, affirming that even a minimal form language can yield strong results.
• Living processes are by nature morphogenetic; they are aimed at creating positive space and making form coherent.claim0.796
  Core definition of living process as intentionally form-creating, in contrast to fragmented modern processes.
• I believe such a system of living processes can be described precisely, can be made practical, and can be implemented.claim0.793
  Alexander's optimistic programmatic statement for a worldwide generative system.