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claim:i-believe-it-is-a-necessary-state-of-mind-without-which-it-is-not-possible-to-reach-the-purity-of-structure-needed-to-create-a-living-thing

I believe it is a necessary state of mind, without which it is not possible to reach the purity of structure needed to create a living thing.

The indispensability of the gift-to-God intention for creating life in buildings.

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Gift to God
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The intention to make something humble and free of self-aggrandizement, as an offering to the divine.

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The core of this necessary state of mind is that you make each building in a way which is a gift to God.claim0.844
The central practical prescription of the chapter.
"It is this substance which permits — OR DOES NOT PERMIT — the emergence of living centers in the material, and the adaptation of fine structure that is needed to bring the larger whole to life."quote0.832
Alexander's foundational assertion connecting material substance directly to living structure.
In order to create living structure, we must please ourselves.claim0.831
The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.830
There is nothing except the living structure of the world, and this living structure is all we need to reason with.claim0.826
Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
The issue is not whether the process will produce living structure if done faithfully — it will — but whether the maker has the stamina and will to keep rejecting versions that lack life.claim0.819
Alexander's claim that the limiting factor in creating living structure is not method but the maker's persistence.
To create living structure we must find our own contemporary version of the I—a new vision of the universe in which meaning exists, relatedness and self have a primary place, and which is as real for us as God was in Mozart's heart.claim0.819
The central challenge of the chapter: we need a new cosmology with the same existential weight as historical religion.
The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way.quote0.819
Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.