Rules, laws, restrictions, are too exact, too restrictive to create living space; a shared vision is needed instead.

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• Rules are wrongly formulated and processes are too rigid to allow adaptation; they cannot allow life to occur.claim0.827
  General statement that current rules and processes are fundamentally incompatible with living structure.
• A building has too many variables; we cannot get each aspect right unless it is possible to work out one aspect at a time, step by step.claim0.794
  Direct application of the coin argument to building design and construction.
• The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.787
• "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."quote0.786
  Alexander's foundational assertion connecting material substance directly to living structure.
• In order to create living structure, we must please ourselves.claim0.785
  The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
• Matter-space must be potentially living, center-making, possibly even conscious stuff.claim0.785
  A key proposition for the new cosmology: space-matter has the inherent capacity for life and self-connection when centers intensify.
• The making of a living world cannot be separated from each person's search for the true self.claim0.784
  The enigmatic conclusion that the most personal, inward search yields the most public, functional harmony.
• The private or individual space which is created by money, in today's society, is rarely making or fostering belonging.claim0.784
  Distinguishes wealth-driven uniqueness from the true uniqueness born of living process