Ornament is not extra or extraneous; it is a necessary continuation of the same process of completing the field of centers

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• Ornament is not trivial; it summarizes everything about living structure within its laws.claim0.831
  Claim that understanding ornament means understanding the principles of living structure.
• Ornament and function are simply two versions of one more general phenomenon.claim0.827
  The conclusion of the argument that no real separation exists.
• Ornament arises, naturally, when a person is making something and seeks to embellish this 'something' while making it.quote0.825
  Opening sentence of the chapter, encapsulating the natural origin of ornament.
• Ornament arises naturally from the continued unfolding of the wholeclaim0.814
  The central thesis: embellishment is spontaneous, coming from the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more structure.
• Ornament and function are indistinguishable.claim0.808
  New cosmological assumption #6: both are aspects of the field of centers.
• The whole building is an ornament, not something that has ornament added to it.claim0.807
  A fundamental redefinition of ornament: the entire building, in its microstructure, is an ornament.
• Above all, then, a building is an ornament.claim0.801
  Radical claim that the highest function of a building is to be an ornament in the profound sense.
• The function of a thing and its ornament are not two separable features; they are inseparable.claim0.799
  Argument that practical function and ornamental beauty are one when a thing is well made.